<p>hey guys, just out of curiousity, what comes to your mind whenever you see a family with children more than 4 or if you hear of families with an ideal number of children as 4 and above? what's the implication?</p>
<p>both parents' and students' are welcome to respond. ;D</p>
<p>around here people who live on farms have lots of kids (many have at least 7 kids). people in the cities have a maximum of three (I'm the second of three boys). I don't think it's a good idea to have alot of kids because:
it's hard to provide for big families
and I don't think it helps a mother's health to give birth so many times.</p>
<p>Learn to use birth control.</p>
<p>I think of 7th Heaven.... seriously. </p>
<p>Have you noticed that the stereotype of the perfect family includes more than the average number of kids.... </p>
<p>Right now I want like 4 kids.... but that could change...</p>
<p>I think they don't have good programing for their TV. :)</p>
<p>I personally think having more than 5 kids is not a smart choice. I just don't think the relationship between the parent and child would be as strong with all those kids.</p>
<p>If you want 'em, can care for 'em, and love 'em, have 'em.</p>
<p>'em 'em 'em 'em 'em</p>
<p>we have 5 kids in my family and (at least I think) it's pretty normal.And its definitely not the stereotypical perfect family.</p>
<p>Maybe they like babies:)</p>
<p>Andrea Yates had lots of kids too...and you all saw what she did</p>
<p>^Well...that's what's called a generalization and a false correlation. Having a lot of kids does not lead a parent to kill them.</p>
<p>I know but still...she comes to mind whenever I see a couple with a bunch of kids</p>
<p>I generally assume they're hardcore Christians (like, against birth control, all for creating as many more little Christians as possible, etc.).</p>
<p>And even more so if the kids are all homeschooled. Then there's not even a question.</p>
<p>ewww homeschool</p>
<p>Martha I hope you don't plan on having alot of kids. We don't need anymore Bama fans in this world. If you have kids in Miami and they decid to be Cane fans then I approve</p>
<p>I think it's irresponsible and unfair to the children, because with more than 3 kids it's not practically possible to give all the kids excellent educations and enriching out-of-school activities (unless the family is very wealthy). You're shortchanging the kids.</p>
<p>You really think thats an accurate statement</p>
<p>Yes, I do, otherwise I wouldn't have made the statement. I'm assuming you disagree, why is that?
Both my parents came from middle-class families with more than 4 kids (mom = 1 of 5 siblings, dad = 1 of 8). Both felt like they were always getting the short ends of the stick.</p>
<p>My parents came from a poverty stricken country with basically nothing. They had 4 kids, me being the youngest. They lack a real education. My mom doesn't work and my father is a gardener. Through, get this, hard work, he was able to get my 2 sisters through college who are very successful accountants working a top firms and my brother is a computer science student in college. I go to the top high school in the country and we all had full lives in and out of the classroom. I may have it easy in school and got scholarships and other stuff but the other siblings did alot of hard work to be where they are. If everyone dos theor par no matter where you come from you can end up very successful</p>
<p>Plus, children from smaller families feel short-changed as well. It's all in attitude.</p>
<p>My mom came from a family of 8, and I am the oldest of 4. We both are very happy with our childhoods.</p>