How many kids do you want, and is it immoral to have more than 2 kids? Bonus: what names?

[Treblaine]

the thing is, overpopulation may be the lesser evil compared to population shrinkage, imagine if in a single generation hardly any babies are born, call it a "baby bust" that can have DEVASTATING effects on world economies ans this generation ages, what happens as the previous much larger generation gets old and no longer contribute to the economy yet still need the economy to cater for them? What happens when people are promoted through their jobs only there just aren't enough young people to take over the lower positions.

I'm sure everyone will be thinking that when we're all starving "well, I can't afford food, but at least the rest of the economy is fine"

Or living in waterworld, or in a desert. I dunno, something is going to fuck up because of too many people.

Even is it is just me getting pissed off at bigger queues.

I hope you are trying to be funny because what you are saying doesn't make a damn bit of sense and flies in the face of all serious scientific research.

We should not and cannot over-react by calling having more than 2 kids "immoral" that leads to madness and a cure worse than the disease. You start trying to make drastic changes to population growth rates and you won't be able to afford anything and there won't even BE anything.

Yes, the population of this planet needs to be moderated but it needs to be a long term solution, I'm talking many generations, a hundred years even.

I think a VERY important factor is immigration. Birth rates in the UK and across Europe have been falling and this could have dire consequences only a solution to that is immigration, new young Britons to

In many ways we are ripping off countries like Poland, they invested education, resources and other things into raising these people now we are poaching them in their prime to work for us and ideally they should stay so that they spend the money that they have earned in the UK rather than going back to Poland or whatever country.

Education is also key, without education the only way to make it well in the world is to have as many kids as possible, but with education based success the incentive is a case of investment.

 

[xDHxD148L0]

None, I'm not good with kids, and I usually have trouble thinking of others need before my own.

 

[Stephanos132]

the thing is, overpopulation may be the lesser evil compared to population shrinkage, imagine if in a single generation hardly any babies are born, call it a "baby bust" that can have DEVASTATING effects on world economies ans this generation ages, what happens as the previous much larger generation gets old and no longer contribute to the economy yet still need the economy to cater for them? What happens when people are promoted through their jobs only there just aren't enough young people to take over the lower positions.

I'm sure everyone will be thinking that when we're all starving "well, I can't afford food, but at least the rest of the economy is fine"

Or living in waterworld, or in a desert. I dunno, something is going to fuck up because of too many people.

Even is it is just me getting pissed off at bigger queues.

It wouldn't really work like that though, would it? Food is a traded commodity, so a healthy economy would be more likely to have food available than not. Plus if people can't work due to starvation, then it wouldn't be any good to begin with.

As for waterworld/desertworld, there will have to be pretty severe stuff occuring to make that a reality.

 

[Outright Villainy]

One kid, two at the most, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Overpopulation is a huge problem too.
MOAR CONDOMS FOR EVERYONE PLZ.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

I've never heard of anyone ask wether it's immoral to have more than two children, and the sort of prediction you gave is on the idea that population will rise at the same rate, which is unbelieveable, as medicine improves in a country, the birthrate of that country decreases equally quickly. As for the main question, 2 would be ideal

 

[Bloodstain]

I don't think things like overpopulation should affect your decision on how many kids you want. Financial possibilites and, even more important, responsibility should be deciding.

I think if I'm going to have kids, I have one or two.

 

[SecondmateFlint]

I've been kind of thinking about this recently. I just graduated high school and a lot of friends are getting preggers. I feel like the generation gap is becoming smaller and smaller as people have kids younger and younger. It's almost like caveman times except people are living to ridiculously old ages, burdening society, and doing nothing productive.

I think two is a good number. Most families can support two kids and each kid gets the love they deserve. How can every child be loved if they are sharing with seven other people all vying for the same love? Every child deserves to be loved.

As for me, I can't see myself with kids. I am too scared that I will have a child that is mentally challenged. I don't think I could give up my life to care for them. It pains me to say it, but I don't think I could. I worry about my genes.

However, I am all for adoption. Why bring a new child into the world when already so, so many need love?

EDIT: As for names, I like Seamus for a boy and Maria for a girl.

 

[Irridium]

I don't ever want kids. I would be a terrible father.
If I ever do have a kid in one way or another, I'd do my best.

And I would name him "Victor Von Steel."
Then make him be a doctor or something, so he would be called Dr. Steel.

And I don't think having more than 2 kids is immoral, just stupid.

 

[DoctorObviously]

What Furburt said is what a mature person would say. I really don't understand why so many people want children. It's something you really have to think ten times over before you make a decision, and then, think it over AGAIN! Raising children is such a difficult process. There are so many obstacles in the way before your kid becomes an adult, but it's still not over after that.

But on the question: No, I do not want children.

 

[Stephanos132]

I've been kind of thinking about this recently. I just graduated high school and a lot of friends are getting preggers. I feel like the generation gap is becoming smaller and smaller as people have kids younger and younger. It's almost like caveman times except people are living to ridiculously old ages, burdening society, and doing nothing productive.

As for me, I can't see myself with kids. I am too scared that I will have a child that is mentally challenged. I don't think I could give up my life to care for them. It pains me to say it, but I don't think I could. I worry about my genes.

Funnily enough, the odds of having a kid with downs syndrome or any other problems tend to increase with the mothers age (at 40 the odds are considerable). So, to avoid that, having kids whilst younger helps.

 

[Sebenko]

I hope you are trying to be funny because what you are saying doesn't make a damn bit of sense and flies in the face of all serious scientific research.

We should not and cannot over-react by calling having more than 2 kids "immoral" that leads to madness and a cure worse than the disease. You start trying to make drastic changes to population growth rates and you won't be able to afford anything and there won't even BE anything.

Yes, the population of this planet needs to be moderated but it needs to be a long term solution, I'm talking many generations, a hundred years even.

I think a VERY important factor is immigration. Birth rates in the UK and across Europe have been falling and this could have dire consequences only a solution to that is immigration, new young Britons to

In many ways we are ripping off countries like Poland, they invested education, resources and other things into raising these people now we are poaching them in their prime to work for us and ideally they should stay so that they spend the money that they have earned in the UK rather than going back to Poland or whatever country.

Education is also key, without education the only way to make it well in the world is to have as many kids as possible, but with education based success the incentive is a case of investment.

I fly in the face of everything. There's a reason I refuse to play any RPG that won't let me use claymores as a Mage.

Am I serious? I don't know.

But we're fucked either way. We're not going to change anything. We're all going to the same destination, so whether we leave a trail of destruction on the way there is irrelevant.

 

[Supernatural Girl]

I want 3 kids. Two boys, twins if that could be arranged, called Nikolai and Malachai Martin Christian (same middles names, surname) and one girl possibly called Circle or James Christine Martina (surname). They'd have to have my surname as I am the last in the family to have it, so the guy would be changing his or leaving the kids names alone.

I've thought about this a lot

 

[Sebenko]

I want 3 kids. Two boys, twins if that could be arranged, called Nikolai and Malachai Martin Christian (same middles names, surname) and one girl possibly called Circle or James Christine Martina (surname). They'd have to have my surname as I am the last in the family to have it, so the guy would be changing his or leaving the kids names alone.

I've thought about this a lot

Wow, your idealism sickens me.

And I doubt fate will listen to your plans.

 

[Mr. Google]

i want 2 Boy:Mike girl: Jordan but i think for a lot of people its immoral to spawn one kid

 

[Standby]

Pretty much this:

 

[Madkipz]

I will call my son Thor or really most viking names fit in perfectly and linger in your concious for a long time. My firstborns name will be Thor.

I will be willing to provide semen and consent to having sex with intent on giving birth to a child untill my future wife bears a female offspring.

Female offspring raises difficult questions, are harder to raise properly and very often raise brother and sister issues in the people they live together with

so atleast thats where i draw a line and say stop.

 

[Jagers1994]

snip

Actually, the world can only reasonably support 5.5 billion people. Any more, and famine is on its way. So we're already 1.5 billion overdrawn.

Personally I think the world could only support 1 million people, but before we reached that number humans discovered, fire, tools, and farming so we've basically been delaying natural selection.

 

[Flight]

I'm not having children for moral reasons, mostly environmental. While I think having kids is a bad idea, considering the current overpopulation issue, it's also not my business to tell other people what to do with themselves, so I'll just stay child-free and hope the overpopulation issue is solved someday without the planet going toe-up.

 

[Ham_authority95]

I'm think about not having a kid because:

1. I, for a fact, know that my financial future will not be stable enough to support a child.
Maybe myself, but not a child.

2. Children aren't very fulfilling for me to take care of, and the process of raising a child won't have any emotional/economic rewards for me.

3. A child would restrict my freedom to travel, and/or move.

I'll probably end up having one kid. Give them some fancy, out-of-style name like Elaina or Leon or Jack.

I imagine I'd endeavor to raise them to be incredibly reasonable.

But if I do end up having a child, I would go about it the same way as the above.

EDIT: also I wouldn't want a child because of the overpopulation problem.