What's the ideal number of children?

[Anonymous]

1 kid

2 kids

3 kids

I'd like to have more than 5 kids

Updates

4 mo

Bonus question
If you were financially secure and able to provide for them how many would you have?

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4 mo

Forget the "none at all" poll option!

[midnightmoon05]

I have 2. Girl and boy. I am happy with them.
if I had 3,4 it would have been fine.
I came from a 4 sibling family.
my ex. husband one. It sad he grew up with with no one to play wirh. He picked up all the bad habits from his parents and no other good role models.. so he had a lot of growing up trying to live with another human (me) who is not like his parents.
even our daughter had to tell him off…he is learning and glad ro is growing from our daughters guidance.

[Asker]

I'm one of two children- a boy and a girl like your two.
My mum and dad had 6 siblings each.
I always wished I had a sister growing up or I could be part of a big family like my parents were.

[Asker]

Me and my brother don't have any other else so we have to rely on each other

But on the days where you can't stand one another it'd be nice nice to have other siblings to hang out with!

[midnightmoon05]

Since your parents came from a bigger family…seems like you would have other cousins to play with or connect with. Reach out to them…they are your blood family.
My kids feel bad for their daddy…growing up alone…they appreciate one another…I am mostly the one who get the whole family together…even though we drive an hour away…we get together often so all the cousins get to play together…
Hopefully your parents can get others together more often…phone calls are good too. Keep that connection.

I also tell both my kids who are now teens…that they must be there for each other … since they are the only two so look out after one another. They are good kids.

[Asker]

Funnily enough I don't have a lot of cousins! My parents were the oldest of their siblings and the first to have children.
Maybe that's why I've always wanted more siblings.
Did have a lot of aunties and uncles though

[Asker]

You remind me of my mother haha
Social butterfly of the family

Always good to keep the family together and do things together
I feel like nowadays not enough families are spending time with each other
Texting every once in a while is enough for them

[Asker]

Yes exactly
They should be there for one another
Me and my brother are in our early twenties and we still have that complex
It helps that we've bonded a lot over shared trauma (divorced parents, a lot of domestic abuse)

[Asker]

Hopefully your kids will stay close ❤

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I want 4, ideally…

2 girls and 2 boys.

[stepyo99]

I don't really have an exact number in mind, but I would like to have as many kids as the Gods chose fit to bless me with. I came from a family with 4 kids. I've known other families with as many as 7 kids. Large families are a blessing.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Three Is A Good Number.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand people who have 3+ kids. How do they have the time, let alone resources to raise so many children? My mom and dad are out here, going crazy with just 2 - me and my brother. Ideal is 2. Don’t have just one kid, it would be filled with boredom.

[AllAloneInTheWorld]

Most parents who have more then 2 kids end up making the older kids help take care of their younger siblings. My sister is one of them. She has 6 kids and the 2 older kids who live at home are made to take care of their 2 younger siblings, even though my sister does not work and her kids, one is going to uni and her other child is not only in high school but he is also working as well. If the kids don't take care of their younger siblings they get into trouble.

I legit told my sister she and her husband had the kids and it is their responsibility to take care of their own kids and that it was disgusting and wrong that she makes her other kids take care of them especially when you can see how depressed her son is because he doesn't get to hang out with his friends that much

[midnightmoon05]

@AllAloneInTheWorld your sister is doing the right thing. Kids have to have responsibilities in the household and be helpful…it will be good for them when they become parents later on.

[AllAloneInTheWorld]

@midnightmoon05 I get that but it's not your other kids responsibility to take care of their younger siblings full time especially when they are going to school and working while the mum is sitting at home not working and not doing much at all. Sorry but I just think if 2 people have kids it is their responsibility to take care of their own kids and not the older kids

[AllAloneInTheWorld]

@midnightmoon05 who even says the okder kids want to have kids of their own also why should the older kids be forced to take care of their younger siblings when it stops them from being able to hang out with their friends. My older sister was running away from home sleeping around drinking underage she even believed she was pregnant at 17 yet her own kids aren't allowed to hang out with their own friends because they are made to take care of their younger siblings one who has a disability as well all while the mum sits on her butt

[midnightmoon05]

@AllAloneInTheWorld I would stay out of that. Focus on your own situations.

[AllAloneInTheWorld]

@midnightmoon05 who said I wasn't staying out of it? You jumped to the conclusion I wasn't just because i said what I did to my sister.

[midnightmoon05]

@AllAloneInTheWorld it’s your family. None of my business. You sound not off from how she behaves.

[AllAloneInTheWorld]

@midnightmoon05 exsctly it is my family and you think you have the right to tell me to stay out of it. i can say whatever the fuck I want she is my family and I will speak up when I can see how depressed her fucking son is and how he is close to tears because he isn't allowed to hang out with his friends because his selfish mum who sits on her arse and doesn't do jackshit makes him take care of her fucking kids. I will even speak up and say something when she forces her kids to get jobs because she lost her job for refusing to get vaccinated and she expects them to help support her she is perfectly healthy but she is fucking lazy

My sister fucking bitched and moaned about having to take care of me when I was younger yet she makes her kids do the same thing she fucking hated so If I want to I will involve myself again it's my family so tell people to stay out of shit

[midnightmoon05]

@AllAloneInTheWorld will do sound like her…

[Opinion Owner]

Stop fighting under my post. I’m blocking all of you if you continue this stupid argument.

[Asker]

Ill happily do it for you 😭🤦‍♀️

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you so much, Miss anon 😭🤍

[EmmaMary]

We have been so, so lucky, fortunate and blessed in having one of each.

[Nikki1989]

If I didn't have a busy career, I would love to have 2 kids.

[Adam1978]

I would say 3 that gives the kid siblings and you are replacing yourself and add margins for those who doesn't.

[Anonymous]

I always wanted 4 kids mostly because I grew up with 4 older siblings and I always wanted my future kids to have siblings but after having my daughter and having a somewhat traumatic labour and birth. I'm stopping at one child

[Apple1996]

Honestly no idea maybe 6-7. I have 4 now and don't ever see myself being done having kids

[harry000300]

Damn.

[harry000300]

More creampiess

[Apple1996]

@harry000300 yep I love the cream

[harry000300]

The kitty loves the sperms haha

[gothbxtch]

i want to have 2 or 3. i have 1 sister. my dad has 1 brother, and my mommy has 8 siblings.

[smashleyy]

1-2 maybeeeeee 3 but that’s pushing it

[Anonymous]

None, not adding to the vast planetary overpopulation

[BCRanger10]

As many as possible!

[whereismyjohnny]

Two. A girl and a boy.

[Simslover92]

Three kids. Two girls one boy

[Nikki1989]

One boy, one girl.

[QuietRunner]

1-2 kids maybe

[LazerBean]

Three or four.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Zero.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Zero.