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How many children do you have or want to have?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 5 Jul 09

Hello all. To get to know one another better, I thought I'd ask each of you: How many children do you have or want to have someday?I have three wonderful daughters I adore, and eight beautiful grandchildren. I feel...

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How many is to many?

pentaluda0878 @pentaluda0878 (118) • United States 24 Mar 09

Just curious what your opinions are in regards to the number of children a family should have. I'm getting a lot of grief from my parents because I just recently had surgery so that I could have more kids, I already have 3. I...

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Last night I watched 'The worlds biggest family and me'

cinderella2007 @cinderella2007 (2662) 12 Feb 09

Ok so this is a 4 part episode and I saw it advertised and thought it would be interesting to watch. this bloke Mark Dolan travelled around the world to see big families with 10 or more children in and find out why they are having...

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Too smart to reproduce?

Aries1027 @Aries1027 (17) • United States 24 Dec 08

apparently intelligent couples in the US have an average of 1.1 kids while unintelligent couples tend to have an average of 3.5 kids. [or something alonog those lines.] Why do you think that is? Do you even think that's true? I'm...

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What's the ideal family size?

challengewealth @challengewealth (154) • China 9 Nov 08

For extended family(big family), nuclear family, DINK family (Doulbe Income, NO Kids) or single-parent family, in my mind, nuclear family is the best. When the children goes to nursery or school, you wont have to pay a lot...

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How Many In Your Family?

kellys3ps @kellys3ps (3723) • United States 25 Oct 08

We have six kiddos, which often causes raised eyebrows and rude questions, "Do you know how what causes that?" Anyway, I know our family of 8 is not the standard norm in America - but I was wondering what size family do you have?...

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You want to live in a small or big family

Marvin42 @Marvin42 (279) • United States 25 Sep 08

My family is very small, just Dad, mom and me. But my wife has a rather large family. Before we married, she lived with his father, mother, uncle, aunt, sister and brothers, totally 10 persons in the same house! I got shocking...

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Is one child enough?

jasbir_pro @jasbir_pro (283) • India 23 Jun 08

In view of increasing expenses for everything, we do say these days that if one doesn't have a fortune to fall back on, only one child is enough. But doesn't that create problems for children. These days, already the socializing...

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Big family - Small family - Which did you have - which do you think is best?

newtondak @newtondak (3946) • United States 17 Jun 08

I had only one sister - my husband had four. I always thought that it would be nice to have more siblings - he always wanted a brother! Did you come from a large or small family? Did you like the size of family that you grew up...

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The 'right' size of a family.

DaddyOfTheRose @DaddyOfTheRose (2934) • United States 16 Jun 08

How do you choose the right size for your family? I hear that city families are typically smaller than farm families. Some have suggested to me that farm kids can do a lot of chores and kind of earn their keep. But, I was...

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Duggars are having their 18th child!

dreamy1 @dreamy1 (3811) • United States 9 May 08

There at it again. Who remembers that mega family? Well they're at it again pregnant with their 18th child. I guess they are just not going to stop until they physically can't have any more. Here's a fun fact from the...

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Large Families.....

babygurl850406 @babygurl850406 (1322) • United States 18 Jun 07

Do you have one? Do you want one? How many brothers and sisters do you have? How many kids? What is your ideal number of children? I have 1 younger brother, I have always envied large families, when I was little I wanted more...

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Do you come from a large or small family?

hockeygal4ever @hockeygal4ever (10021) • United States 8 Apr 07

I find it so odd that there is such a huge diversion of family sizes still in the US and around the world. I come from a very small family, just me and a sister and of course my parents. I've had friends that come from HUGE...

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How many kids is ENOUGH?

mylesnarvaez @mylesnarvaez (5450) • Philippines 15 Mar 07

I come from a big family, although it's a happy one but it's also hard when we were growing up. Nowadays, my other siblings will have only 1-3 children. But how many is ideal these days?

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Let's hear it for LARGE

Modestah @Modestah (11177) • United States 10 Mar 07

We hear so much these days against the large family, due to cost - benefits (education, attention, toys etc)- over population theories etc. Well, let's hear what is GREAT about large families. What are the benefits of being a part...

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Do you think family size should be regulated if you do why??

AnnaB87 @AnnaB87 (761) • United States 12 Feb 07

Also what about education do you feel all kids should attend public school at some point in their lives whether or not the parents agree? And how do you think it should be enforced if you believe that a families size should be...

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Justification for a LARGE family

jfglassworks @jfglassworks (128) • United States 19 Jan 07

I am wonder how it is that people can justify having more than 2 children in our modern times? Why is it neccesarry to keep having more kids? What purpose does it serve our world? The planets is continuing to use up its...

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lonewolfnan @lonewolfnan (4366) • Canada 30 Nov 06

I came from a family of 9.This had alot of advantages and disadvantages.How many kids were in your family and do you get along with your siblings?

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How big is your Family?

linns31 @linns31 (213) • United States 29 Nov 06

How many children do you have? I have 6.

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Large or small family?

earthmama97 @earthmama97 (597) • United States 20 Nov 06

Which do you come from? Which would you like?

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