To have kids or not to? Your opinion from economy perspective

[DrBeer]

What title says,

unless one is well off himself one should not be having kids, this is my opinion.

What about you?

1. Children are necessary! That's a fact!
2. If you don't have money, it doesn't mean you shouldn't have children. It means you need to rethink your position and start earning more to give your children a good start in life. It's not about a multi-million dollar inheritance — it's about health, education, upbringing, and a happy childhood.
3. If you are not going to improve your family's standard of living, you should probably think about it and make a decision to change it, because this limitation will always hinder you and create problems.

[libert19]

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1. Children are necessary! That's a fact!

Apparently, that fact doesn't apply to me.

2. If you don't have money, it doesn't mean you shouldn't have children. It means you need to rethink your position and start earning more to give your children a good start in life. It's not about a multi-million dollar inheritance — it's about health, education, upbringing, and a happy childhood.

Yes, I do agree about bolded stuff, and I only meant that when I said, 'well off'.

[junder]

Well said. We obviously want the best for our children but often we hesitate when it comes to child planning because of our income.
Seeing the continuous decline of job vacancies every year and increasing lay offs, job security has really become a major issue.
In such a world, having one income is itself a challenging thing and so finding a second income and third income mostly depends on luck.

I don't deny that finding a job is difficult, and perhaps this is a common problem in every country. I believe the lack of job opportunities is one of the reasons why so many people are unemployed. I believe they definitely want a job and have tried to find one, but the difficulty of finding one leaves many frustrated.

And regarding income, I actually believe we can find additional income or side jobs by taking advantage of technological advances. Many people have successfully earned income using the internet, and yes, it's open, so anyone can do it as long as they have a strong desire and determination. I'm sure it can be profitable.

[woez]

What title says,

unless one is well off himself one should not be having kids, this is my opinion.

What about you?

1. Children are necessary! That's a fact!
2. If you don't have money, it doesn't mean you shouldn't have children. It means you need to rethink your position and start earning more to give your children a good start in life. It's not about a multi-million dollar inheritance — it's about health, education, upbringing, and a happy childhood.
3. If you are not going to improve your family's standard of living, you should probably think about it and make a decision to change it, because this limitation will always hinder you and create problems.

I like all the points you've made above, because having children is a necessity for the continuation of our lineage, preventing the breakdown of the lineage that has been in our family tree since our parents.

And while having children is purely a responsibility, not just a natural instinct, we still see many people live with average economic status still able to support all their family's needs, their children are like other people, even if they are modest. Most importantly, we don't always have to measure that every happiness that is born must always be with money.

[maknyos]

But is there no way to enjoy sex without turning it into a seed and then a baby? There are now many contraceptives that can be used to delay having children. They do not think about the fate of their children who will not get what they should get, nutritious food, education and so on.

Do you really think poor people know about contraceptives? In some (retarded) cultures, there is stigma attached with sex itself, so people do pump up babies having it in private, but will feel shy to talk about sex in public, so often they don't have knowledge of contraceptives in first place, though I feel it's changing with dawn of technology.

I don't have data on that, but indeed some parents now or born long before us still lack sex education, which also includes education about contraceptives. But in my own country, the government's program on child limit should also have been heard. However, it is also quite difficult to implement it because they themselves are the ones having sex. Lol
Though logically, when they have many children they will also have difficulty raising them, but again it is difficult to enter into their logic.

[Pauldesaints]

Having kids are very important aspect of human existence.so everyone should fulfill the biblical principles that instructed we should come into the world and multiple.
The basis for this discussion should be one to have number of kids he or she can adequately cater for.

[pawanjain]

Well said. We obviously want the best for our children but often we hesitate when it comes to child planning because of our income.
Seeing the continuous decline of job vacancies every year and increasing lay offs, job security has really become a major issue.
In such a world, having one income is itself a challenging thing and so finding a second income and third income mostly depends on luck.

I don't deny that finding a job is difficult, and perhaps this is a common problem in every country. I believe the lack of job opportunities is one of the reasons why so many people are unemployed. I believe they definitely want a job and have tried to find one, but the difficulty of finding one leaves many frustrated.

And regarding income, I actually believe we can find additional income or side jobs by taking advantage of technological advances. Many people have successfully earned income using the internet, and yes, it's open, so anyone can do it as long as they have a strong desire and determination. I'm sure it can be profitable.

Do you have any side hustle ? If yes, would you like to share it with us and how did you achieve it ?
If no, what's stopping you from getting a side job? Don't you have the desire to get one and increase your total income ?