theLiquorI hate people who want like4-5 kids. It’s one thing when you’re a farmer in a rural area.. my wife’s asian-Indian friend wants 4-5. Like wtf...
Full agreement. I think what gets people is say they want a boy, after two girls do you roll the dice and go for the third? But some people just want tons of kids. It’s really impressive whenyou look at the amount of people with 0 kids yet they’re still outbalanced
Our world is f’d either way
theabortionatorYeah I feel you. And def. The wanting a boy or girl is a reason some people keep sending it. Idk why people wont adopt. Also pretty sweet that christians generally have bigger families, are strongly against abortion, hate gay people and fighting gay adoption, and very rarely ever adopt.
I spent years in churches and don't really remember anybody that adopted kids. Obviously some do, but its not an ultra common deal.
They protest abortion (I was at the huge "march for life" in DC with my parents a few times and dozens of other protests) but then they don't adopt kids, they pop out more kids, and want to ban perfectly normal couples that aren't having kids from adopting.
If somebody is against abortion but has adopted a kid, at least they seem steady with their beliefs. There is no shortage of kids that need permanent homes and people need to realize that their genes probably aren't all that special.
i'm not sure i follow either of you as to what the problem is with having 4+ children, at face value.
i come from a family of 4 boys... i'm the oldest (26) and the youngest is 18. my family had the means to raise 4 well-educated, productive children. that's not to be braggadocios, it's stating a fact that we are all or will be college graduates, above average earners, and largely healthy people. the incremental cost to society of us being alive vs. say, a family of four obese, low-IQ, chronically ill people is incredibly low.
population is a multifaceted problem, but i would personally say that a major part of that problem are unfit parents producing more than their fare share of children. my SO works in a low-income school district as an LMHC and a large percentage of this kids she spends most of her time with are products of low income, low education, abusive, drug-addicted, poor mental health parents. what's more, some of them are one of 6+ children from the same mother and more than one father. it sounds fucked up, but there parents are creating children with a low probability of being healthy, productive members of society. therein lies the problem.