Running Arrow Bill":22qbgfy0 said:
Reality or not, there are bunches of people that have "litters" of kids. E.g., the "Duggars" (18+ rug rats??) give me a break. Oh...I forgot...the welfare moms that keep producing tax exemptions and a larger welfare check...
Reality: Probably 50% of married couples end in divorce. Multiply # of kids X going rate of child support in one's State...yu know the rest of the story...lol.
Unless one is trying to start their own ball team, or raise some farm hands, or create an employee pool for their business, it never ceases to amaze me why people want more than one or two kids in the first place... Maybe it is to carry on the family name? (assuming the lineage is worth continuing). Or, prove one's masculinity or feminity? Form ones own cult? Get on TV? Enjoy the "pain" of childbirth? Enjoy dealing with an on-going seige of dirty diapers, rampaging toddlers, hormone stressed teenagers? Or whatever. Or, the fertility drugs and procedures that produce more than ONE embryo ("pick one"...).
A long time ago, parents probably needed to have a bunch of kids...disease, injury, and minimal medical care usually culled the weakest ones and only the strongest and best survived....
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I am going to guess that you didnt have many siblings. But, I do. And I think that you are wrong. No, I dont agree with the show, but I feel for the poor babies. My parents have been happily married, for better and for worse, for 20+ years. I have 6 siblings and my parents didnt try to
"prove one's masculinity or feminity? Form ones own cult?" . And litters? Please grow up. We are talking about human children!Which, btw, you were at somepoint in time! Not rabbits!
Also,
"Enjoy the "pain" of childbirth? Enjoy dealing with an on-going seige of dirty diapers, rampaging toddlers, hormone stressed teenagers? Or whatever."
Hello genius.. Your momma went through ALL of that for you! She carried YOU for 9 months. Went through the "pain" of childbirth.. for YOU!
" it never ceases to amaze me why people want more than one or two kids in the first place... Maybe it is to carry on the family name? (assuming the lineage is worth continuing)."
Why? There are good christian people in this world that have large families. The media does not want these people to be heard. So, they(media) makes all large families look bad. Or make the children look like "mistakes". The fix for these mistakes is murder. Some like to call it abortion.
And what do you consider bad lineage? The parents that work 2 jobs to feed their kids? The moms and dads that, bc of the economy, cant put a roof over their family? The single mom with a baby, the result of a raping? :???:
Oh and guess what? Whenever my sibs and I want to play a game we dont have to go anywhere or call anyone! WE have a baseball team! or whatever game we want to play!!
A long time ago, parents probably needed to have a bunch of kids...disease, injury, and minimal medical care usually culled the weakest ones and only the strongest and best survived....
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But, the parents then considered children a blessing from God. Not the curse you think they are.
You make children sound like they are a worthless animal. Something that isnt woth having!
Apparently your momma thought you were worth having.. Think about that.