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John and Kate plus eight minus one equals... who cares?
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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 672189" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>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...</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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"...).</p><p></p><p>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....</p><p></p><p> :banana:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 672189, member: 9"] 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.... :banana: [/QUOTE]
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