Why do parents want to have children?

Question

why have children?

Answer 1

thats what i wondered for a long time.....

me i dont want kids!!!

Answer 2

People have children so that they can share their lives with someone, so they can learn not to be so selfish with their lives. They want to experience the joy of child birth along with the torture of sleepless nights when a child is sick.

People want to look into those little puppy dog eyes and see a small part of themselves. They want to live their unfinished dreams through their kids sometimes. They want to do it because the rest of the world does it.

People want someone to leave their millions to. They want to know what is like to get no sleep every night for months on end. to clean up the house for hours every day and still not get it finished. To pay the $400 phone bill knowing that they didn't make any of the calls. To buy the car knowing that they will never get a chance to drive it. and if they do finally get near it, it will be out of petrol because their teenager didn't fill it up.

Hope this helps a little...

Answer 3

you either do or you don't. sounds like you don't. it's okay not to want to. but if you don't want children, nothing anyone will say will sound good to you. it's like people who LOVE dogs and you only like cats. or vice versa. anyway, i felt a strong desire to be a mom when i was like 10...and it never went away. i would love to have a whole houseful of kids. (in my opinion) they are the reason we are here, to raise our children. everything else is less important.

Answer 4

depends on the person.

I don't want children because of the lack of family on my side. They wouldn't have a grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousin... and sometimes i think not even a grandmother.

Answer 5

well, if you don't have children then you can't be called parents. (I know it didn't answer your question)

Answer 6

if  your  parents  were decided  to  not  to  having  kids..then  you    wouldnt  be  here  ..;)

Answer 7

It's a tough question to answer. My husband and I want to have children, because we want to complete our family. We know how much love we have for each other & we want to extend that to something that he and I have created together. I think it's a huge blessing to have children & I'm very excited for our first to be born! (I'm due in two weeks!)

Answer 8

For me, so that when I grow old, my children can come and change the light bulbs for me, or fix a leaking tap, or mow the lawn.

;p

Answer 9

so when u die, there is something u have left still on this earth

Answer 10

For some people it's a dream to have children one day, while for others it might be more like a nightmare. People want children for various reasons, like it might give them a purpose and a meaning to their life. While for others having children might mean work, work, and more work. If you're not someone who can't commit your time, and energy for your kids, then please don't bother with the idea (I am referring to everyone). Only  those who truly can give all their time and effort towards their kids, should even consider it. I personally don't plan on having kids for the reason being that I wouldn't be able to commit myself to that lifestyle.

Answer 11

Because kids are great, they have their tantrums but its all part of the fun and i had my son at 18 n he is 2 this october.. and i LOVE being a parent.. infact we love being parents so much we r trying for a our 2nd

Answer 12

well i am answering for me and i am sure it goes for a lot. i just got married and i am 22. i do very much want kids in a few years and the reason being is because i am so in love with my husband and he with me that we want to create a life being of our own...our own child that came from us...special and amazing experience. To reproduce and have a family. yeah you can have a family with just you and your lover but this is how we see it. i dont care for other peoples kids but that is because they were raised improperly and some properly. but to be our own is so special. but we also intend to adopt and that is because we have a home money jobs and we want to share the love with a child that may not have any hope left that we want to change their life in a great way, anywho nice question

Answer 13

Why not?

Obviously, there are a few who don't want children at all these days. But God has given us that desire. In the Bible, it says that the woman's desire would be for her husband. And it says to multiply and have children and that they would be blessings. Who wouldn't want a gift?

Answer 14

When I was a kid I used to never want to have kids and could never understand why people would want kids. Now I am open to the possibility of having kids one day. It comes from the desire to pass on your genes, or to have direct influence over the next generation, or a way of being remembered. People want to leave something of themselves behind when they die, and many people choose to have children for this reason. People don't like the thought of dying with no-one to mourn their death, for no-one to remember them, to die without making any impact on the world.

Some people have kids because they feel they are expected to have kids (I hear stories of couples that have been married a while that don't have kids often being asked when they will have kids, and people look at them funny when they say they aren't having kids), or because they feel that having children is a part of life and should be embraced.

Answer 15

I know it sounds like a cop out answer, but I just did. I really felt that I wanted children and it didn't go away, so I had one, and then I had another.

I love my children SO much and I am SO glad I had them - all my happiest moments have been with my children.

Answer 16

i dont know.. all they do is complain about it