[Mychelline]

I’m the oldest of 4 children, but my parents came from much larger families. I think it’s weird and unsettling to see families nowadays with more than 3 kids. Part of it is definitely that it seems very wasteful, since Americans *do* use much more than our fair share of the earth’s resources. Part of it is because while it made sense 100 years ago for farmers to have lots of kids – (1) many children didn’t survive to adulthood; (2) kids were needed to work alongside the parents; and (3) take care of the parents when they were too old to work – most people in the US no longer *need* 4+ kids. Continuing to have kid after kid, to me, just seems like unthinking selfishness. However, I would not make comments to anyone about how many kids they have (or don’t have). That’s rude and obnoxious. My husband and I have chosen to have no children.

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Name : Mychelline, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pagan, Age : 38, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Occupation : environmental scientist, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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