Originally posted by Lalania
good for you Mugs 6 kids in this day and age? unnecessary. In the old days ppl HAD to have lots of kids because half of them died in childhood, and they needed free slave labour for the farm or whichever. If I ever had a kid it would be ONLY one and that's it.
I, personally, don't think those are the ONLY reason people had children in the "old days." If people want to have a family, they are going to have a family....whether anyone thinks there's a "human overpopulation" problem or not...it's a personal choice.

Only children are not miserable without siblings, quite the opposite actually. We get more/better food because there is more money to go around, we are more intelligent because our parent/s have more time to spend with one, instead of more and blah blah blah.
I'd like to find all these "only children" who are more intelligent then me because they didn't have siblings. Sorry, but, both of the people I knew that had no siblings were spoiled brats! I think children learn from their siblings also....and learn how to interact with other children.......

I'm not saying that being an only child is bad (or that they will be spoiled brats), but I don't think its necessarily better then having siblings. I don't care what scientific evidence says, every person/family is different.

Now me, personally, I don't KNOW if I'm going to have children or not. Kinda have to find a husband first lol. I was the youngest, so I've never really been around kids...I'm just not sure what to do with them. I've never even changed a diaper lol. I don't think I could have more then 3 children (thats how many is in my family) but I know plenty of people around here that have 6+ kids and are happy...

And as much as I LOVE PETS, and think of them as family members, I do not think you can compare promoting Spay/Neuter for pets with humans choosing to have children.