I just think, why buy yourself potential trouble? Undoubtedly there are situations like that that work out just fine, just like there are undoubtedly situations where a crack addict single mom manages to raise four kids that turn out okay. But it's by no means an ideal situation. Even if you can afford to pay for that many kids (and that's assuming that whatever well-paying job the father has doesn't go away, and assuming none of the kids goes to college or has any major medical needs) you still have the issues of neglect. I can't imagine even taking care of fifteen dogs, much less fifteen children. Six, maybe. Eight is pushing it. Fifteen? How? How does that work? How can two people raise fifteen children without them all going feral? In a larger, communal or village-living situation, I can see how it would work. I can actually see how multi-spouse families can work with that many kids. But two parents cannot raise fifteen kids without something going wrong.
And that doesn't even get into the larger social issues of overpopulation and being a resource drain.
Parenting is one of the biggest responsibilities any person can have. And it makes me sick how casually some people take it.
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Date: 2004-04-08 12:44 pm (UTC)I just think, why buy yourself potential trouble? Undoubtedly there are situations like that that work out just fine, just like there are undoubtedly situations where a crack addict single mom manages to raise four kids that turn out okay. But it's by no means an ideal situation. Even if you can afford to pay for that many kids (and that's assuming that whatever well-paying job the father has doesn't go away, and assuming none of the kids goes to college or has any major medical needs) you still have the issues of neglect. I can't imagine even taking care of fifteen dogs, much less fifteen children. Six, maybe. Eight is pushing it. Fifteen? How? How does that work? How can two people raise fifteen children without them all going feral? In a larger, communal or village-living situation, I can see how it would work. I can actually see how multi-spouse families can work with that many kids. But two parents cannot raise fifteen kids without something going wrong.
And that doesn't even get into the larger social issues of overpopulation and being a resource drain.
Parenting is one of the biggest responsibilities any person can have. And it makes me sick how casually some people take it.