Is it morally wrong to have lots of kids if you don't have the money to support them? (generation, health care)
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Lots of people I know have lots of children but make very little money. When I asked them why they had so many children when neither the mother or father made much money, they basically told me that money and income should not be a consideration when deciding how large your family is. They say children are a gift from God and if the children are born everyone should welcome them to the world and society will help support them. They believe that even though they are poor financially they have just as much right to bring lots of babies into the world as someone who is rich.
If you are parents would you agree that society (taxpayers) have a obligation to help bring up your children because our country needs a younger generation from all kinds of people (rich and poor)? Would your financial situation impact your decision to have a larger family? In other words, should only rich parents be able to have a very large family?
(* The other side would say that it is wrong to have babies if they know the taxpayer is going to support them)
I love children. I would have liked to had three. I knew I could only afford two. That is what we had. Parents have an obligation to take financial care of children. They are not free. Rich people ALWAYS have more options. Nothing new.
IMO.....if you can not support children......you should not have them.
You will be able to support them with all the money that will be given by taxpayers though. (And my poor friends and relatives think that it is the taxpayers responsibility to do so. They say, " I am a good mother and I provide a service to the country by having babies that will grow up and add to our society. Just because I can't support them without societies' help should not matter.)
Last edited by I'm Retired Now; 06-24-2014 at 09:30 AM..
You will be able to support them with all the money that will be given by taxpayers though. (And my poor friends and relatives think that it is the taxpayers responsibility to do so.)
Pretty much. I mean, my wife and I wanted to have another child, so that my son could have a sibling. However; it just wasn't practical and given that I'm 41, and she'll be 40, it's just not in the cards. We're OK with that. We have our son, and 2 cats which are like our kids as well.
Many rich parents have raised some awful, awful people. Money is not everything and will not make up for a lack of life experience or parenting skills.
My parents had 6 children and we were never even close to rich. The OP probably would think my parents shouldn't have had so many children yet all 6 of us have College degrees and some of my siblings make more than my parents ever did even though they worked multiple jobs.
Edit: This may be different from what you're getting at though as my parents never received tax-payer benefits.
Last edited by 2e1m5a; 06-24-2014 at 09:23 AM..
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