population explosion

Actually, I come from what is considered a big family in Canada. I have 2 brothers and 3 sisters. I guess it has it's good points and it's bad points. In my parent's case, it wasn't a matter of having as many children as they could afford or wishing to brag about their big family, it was because my mother is Roman Catholic and she was raised to believe in not practising birth control. She was taught that she was to have as many children as God sent her. I myself have 2 children, both sons and that is quite enough for me. After the birth of my second son everyone said to me "oh you have to try for a girl now". My response was "no, two boys are just fine". I guess it all comes down to personal choice and in some cases, religious beliefs.

I hear a lot about over population,and I know some people with large families. I know others who have none. What is important to me is that people who have large families should have the resources to care for them as well. Sadly that is not always the case. I hear about crowded places, and I know they exist, but I just recently had a drive through many many miles of unpopulated areas. If we could only spread out the crowded ones a bit it surely would help.

How can we say this allknowing! It would be rather hurtful and show lack of courtesy. Moreover, if someone is going to ask us “why? How is it your concern? Are you going to feed my children" what will we answer? There was a maid [old woman] /helper/assistant [whatever you choose to call]in our house. She had four daughters and a son and one of her daughters [who would be less than 45 today] chose to have five children. This was just a few years back. Her "hero' [husband] is an unskilled worker in construction, going for daily wages and was then getting slightly more experienced to soon become the chief. Now he said " I can feed fifty children of mine"! proudly when someone remarked on their folly. So, if less affluent people behave like this you just can imagine the rest.

Just keep the name "Virginia" with the first five letters in intact! Accomplished! Now to be serious, since the era of the "Baby Boomers" the Canadian family unit has seriously declined to one or two offspring! Hence,our huge exceptance of immigrants. Also, $ex education in schools, for the errant Public seems to have kept population on the decline! If the family is forminable, that seems fine to me...but I do worry about the countries that seem to lack education...and control, as it ultimately ends up being all of our concerns--especially in the light of major disasters, war and strife! I do care!