Ideal number of children

[Syuryuken]

isa pa lang nagagawa ko........................ matanong nga si misis mamaya kung pwede ng ipunla yung pangalawa:naughty2:

[ejr]

me 1 na akong boy. praying ke God na madagdagan pa ng 2.

i voted for 3 . . .

:morgensmile:

[jazcker]

4...

for each different mother...

i got 4 children na po and....


plus 1...

[Honda97]

i think 2 is a good number although it also depends on the number of children you can support financially. in my case, i think i will have a hard time paying attention to more than 2 kids.

[uls]

high income -- 1 - 2 children, 3 max

low income -- 5 to 10... maybe 11.. or 12


Low income parents count on children to help them. The more kids they have, the more "manpower"

Kids are their wealth. Think of livestock.

6 kids begging on the streets will bring in more money than 2.

Besides, not all of their kids will make it to adulthood. They can lose some to disease... or violence.

So the more kids they have, chances are, more of them will make it to adulthood.

Even if a good number make it to adulthood, not all of them will be productive.

Some will be tambays. Or inmates.

out of 10 offspring, maybe 1 or 2 will be useful.

hehe

[_Cathy_]

I want one boy and girl. I don't want the possibility of my children competing against each other kasi.

[mark_t]

high income -- 1 - 2 children, 3 max

low income -- 5 to 10... maybe 11.. or 12


Low income parents count on children to help them. The more kids they have, the more "manpower"

Kids are their wealth. Think of livestock.

6 kids begging on the streets will bring in more money than 2.

Besides, not all of their kids will make it to adulthood. They can lose some to disease... or violence.

So the more kids they have, chances are, more of them will make it to adulthood.

Even if a good number make it to adulthood, not all of them will be productive.

Some will be tambays. Or inmates.

out of 10 offspring, maybe 1 or 2 will be useful.

hehe

Kalokohan sinasabi mo.

My dads family has 9 siblings in it. 9 sila magkakapatid. We are not low income. We even have livestock.

My moms family has 10 siblings in it. 10 sila magkakapatid. They are not low income.

Ang problema sa tao ngayon they equate wealth with the number of cars
they have.

Kung matalino asawa mo enough to land you then kahit ilan gusto
nya na anak puede.

Kung bobo sya to have landed you then tama na yon isa.

4 kami magkakapatid. The four fastest swimmer!

I am the fastest swimmer among my late siblings.

[_Cathy_]

high income -- 1 - 2 children, 3 max

I think rich people either have very few (1 or 2) or a lot of children (4-5). The most well off people that I know have 3 or 4 siblings.

I also noticed na when well off people get married, they marry young (23-25) and the cost of raising children is not something they worry about.

[mark_t]

I think rich people either have very few (1 or 2) or a lot of children (4-5). The most well off people that I know have 3 or 4 siblings.

I also noticed na when well off people get married, they marry young (23-25) and the cost of raising children is not something they worry about.

I also noticed that when well off people get married they marry young.
(16-25) I see this on the marriage certificate.

Yon nga lang madalas marami scholars ang mga well off.

[uls]

Kalokohan sinasabi mo.

My dads family has 9 siblings in it. 9 sila magkakapatid. We are not low income. We even have livestock.

My moms family has 10 siblings in it. 10 sila magkakapatid. They are not low income.

i wasnt talking about previous generations

i was talking about people now (that post was in 2007 pa. Cathy revived the thread)

previous generations usually have large families

ilan anak mo ngayon? 9? 10?

Ang problema sa tao ngayon they equate wealth with the number of cars they have.

baka ikaw

baka very conscious sa number of cars ng ibang tao

i don't equate wealth with number of cars

sobrang babaw

i equate wealth with amount of liquid assets

BTW, what does that have to do with the topic?

Kung matalino asawa mo enough to land you then kahit ilan gusto
nya na anak puede.

Kung bobo sya to have landed you then tama na yon isa.

????? WTF was that?

4 kami magkakapatid. The four fastest swimmer!

I am the fastest swimmer among my late siblings.

and what the hell does swimming have to with the topic?

is your brain on substances?

you sound like OB

[uls]

I think rich people either have very few (1 or 2) or a lot of children (4-5). The most well off people that I know have 3 or 4 siblings.

I also noticed na when well off people get married, they marry young (23-25) and the cost of raising children is not something they worry about.

and the poor have children early even if they can't afford it

[tidus1203]

This thread reminded me when I was a around 3 years old... I asked my mom bakit wala akong kapatid na lalaki (2 lang kami yung isa babae) kasi gusto ko ng kalaro... Di pa sila kasing yaman noon pero may-kaya na din... She showed me an apple sliced into 2, and another apple sliced into 3... Ano mas malaki? Sabi ko yung sliced into 2. Ayun! The fewer you are the more you get! At such a young age I was introduced into the basics of economics (the study of resource allocation in a world of finite resources), siguro that's why I love the subject!

[mark_t]

I admit it is a bigoted response. My apologies.
Nainis kasi ako sa idea na more children will produce drunkards.
And thinking of kids as livestocks.

In our case we suffered loses in the last war so my olds wanted
a big family as he was the last in the family.

My classmates who have 5 to 8 children now and plans to
add more grew up in 3 to 4 household families.

As for me I have 1. And will need another wife to have other children.
That's life.

And I can't afford 2 wives.

[fourtheboys96]

This thread reminded me when I was a around 3 years old... I asked my mom bakit wala akong kapatid na lalaki (2 lang kami yung isa babae) kasi gusto ko ng kalaro... Di pa sila kasing yaman noon pero may-kaya na din... She showed me an apple sliced into 2, and another apple sliced into 3... Ano mas malaki? Sabi ko yung sliced into 2. Ayun! The fewer you are the more you get! At such a young age I was introduced into the basics of economics (the study of resource allocation in a world of finite resources), siguro that's why I love the subject!

that was economics then. now economists measure satisfaction/benefit from something that is not traded in the market. you may have less apple with one additional sibling, but the satisfaction from possibly playing with him may have compensated for the loss in apple

[uls]

that was economics then. now economists measure satisfaction/benefit from something that is not traded in the market. you may have less apple with one additional sibling, but the satisfaction from possibly playing with him may have compensated for the loss in apple

ya you got someone to play with

but you're still hungry

[uls]

In our case we suffered loses in the last war so my olds wanted a big family as he was the last in the family.

that's why older generations have big families

coz the socio-economic-political environment in the past was hostile

family members were lost to disease or violence

having lots of kids ensures continuity of bloodline

it was common for parents to see some of their offspring not make it to adulthood

as healthcare improved (vaccines, hygiene, nutrition, medicine), less people died prematurely

fewer children are lost to childhood diseases

post-war, less people are lost to violence

so now, there's less need for big families to ensure continuity of bloodline

[tidus1203]

that was economics then. now economists measure satisfaction/benefit from something that is not traded in the market. you may have less apple with one additional sibling, but the satisfaction from possibly playing with him may have compensated for the loss in apple

I think the opposite, I my parents for not giving me the sibling... Yung bata ako maybe pero now I am older I realize that...

[_Cathy_]

^I wish I had 3 older brothers. Never wanted a sister though

More older brothers meant more goodies from their GFs

[Starex_Gold]

I think the opposite, I my parents for not giving me the sibling... Yung bata ako maybe pero now I am older I realize that...

Masarap ang buhay ng solong anak diba

[_Cathy_]

For me the benefits of being an only child ends with the material benefits.

When my parents get older I have the sole responsibility of taking care of them. I am more than glad to take care of them but it would be better to have siblings for support diba.

When I have a family, my children won't have any reunions from my side.

When I don't feel like being with my friends, I wish I had brothers that I could go out with.

Marami pang iba...