In this day and age, is it morally wrong to have many children?

Question

Considering our extreme population of 6 billion, and considering the number of orphaned children out there,

do you consider it okay to have a lot of kids?

Is it okay to have a lot of kids based on your religion (like the one mommy who has had 17 children) or other reasons?

What do you think??

Answer 1

I'm thinking about the same thing.  I love kids and want them someday, but through my environmental science studies i've felt so wrong about bringing kids into this world.  It just seems like such a crazy time right now-  there are so many kids out there just need a safe place to sleep at night, or die because of neglect.  So, i'm considering adopting many and having at max, 2.

Answer 2

Yes have a love child love it to pieces and take care of it well

to have 17 is ridiculous,your whole life will be for the kids nothing else

and you cannot take care of them very well unless you are very rich

Apart from that the world has a population growth problem .

Humanity has  more than doubled in the last 50 years .

And the Environment pays the price.

We need a healthy Environment for those who already exist

Maybe its morally better to take care of the ones we already got like the orphaned ones .

At least ,like they mention above, make sure you can afford them before they arrive.

Answer 3

This question is one that needs to be addressed right away.  But it is going to take A LOT of work to get people to realize that it is required.  I do not consider it ok to have a lot of kids, maximum should be 2, I don't care how rich, or capable you are.  Its not about the white picket fence with kids running around everywhere anymore.  Its about saving our species, and the planet.  What is the sense to keep procreating when the planet is unable to sustain what we have already.  There are so many children in the world, many right in our own backyards, who need a loving home, that we don't need anymore.  Adopt and have the best of both worlds.  Yes its natural to want your own, but what we want and what we need these days is totally out of whack!!  We discuss how hard it is to change other peoples cultures and beliefs, like in Africa, lets work on our own-stop talking and start making a difference!

Answer 4

I am with you.  I think it is immoral to have more than 2 kids, one to replace the mother and father.  In an age where we have covered the entire planet like parasites, it just isnt right to go on to have 8 kids like I have seen some hardcore catholic families and other cultural groups have.  I would say it goes against stewardship, causing the human population to increase is wrong because the earth is strained as it is.  But hey, someone had to have more than 2 kids in order for me to exist.. so who am I to say what is wrong or right, I shouldnt be here under that thought.

Answer 5

small family are the happy family and the population is also increasing so lot of kids should not be there

Answer 6

The time has come for your question. Two countries of race in this globe have decided they don't want to increase. The US is still shrinking in population and if it wasn't for immigrants we would be in a bad way for enough workers . New York is crowded but some parts of USA are so lonely yet. Birth control and suicides keep my race from being too numerous.

Answer 7

I think if you are able to raise good, smart people who will contribute positively to the population, then all the better.

Now for the people living on welfare continuing to produce offspring because they can't afford, or are not knowledgeable of birth control, that's a different story.

Answer 8

No one should have more children than they can afford. My sister saved $50,000 for college (for the kid) before having one. I think that is a good idea. Have enough money in the bank to send em to college before you have em.

Answer 9

What's wrong of being too many kids? As long as your family live happily together, I think it's ok.

Answer 10

Morally wrong?  if you can provide for your children no it's not.  It's human nature to procreate- and the fact that there are more people in one country does not mean that people in another country are getting less food or something- that's not the cause.  If there were less people in the US production would just go down, not stay the same.  The market drives the production.  So it's not like if I have a kid i'm taking food away from a child in Africa.  

I'm not trivializing the situation in third world countries, just to clarify- having worked in such countries and seen the effects of such things first hand I hold such problems as world hunger as very serious indeed.  I'm just taking a more realistic and economic approach to the problem.