Do you think it’s unethical to have a lot of kids even if you can afford it?

I’m the baby of my family and the sixth child. Dad worked long hours and mom stayed at home with us. Age gap from oldest to youngest is 13 years. We’re all emotionally heathy, we got medical attention when needed, did well enough in school, all of that. We’ve never been on a Disney trip but we always had family outings/vacations every year. And we’re all still in touch even though as adults we’ve moved to different states and such.

I don't.

Some people base their decision ( whether or not to have children) on finances but in my opinion that's very capitalistic. Live your life, money isn't everything. Love is bountiful.

It's unethical because the world is overpopulated.

It’s not unethical. We were made to love and reproduce. God didn’t create us to be so knowledgeable or to worry about ethics. Do animals worry about food, water, or shelter? Then why should we? I’m the oldest of 8. While you are correct there is an emotional strain but I believe that is because we were raised by one parent whom was often absent because she had to provide food on the table and a roof over our heads. The truth is you simply cannot do both. I love my siblings. They all have some emotional issues definitely related to childhood trauma or neglect, but they are still alive and well and we are all still very close. We haven’t gotten to the stage in life where we’ve spread out into different states yet. I suppose that’s next. After all i’m only 31.

I only think it’s unethical if you are expecting the older children to “parent”. So often especially if the oldest is a girl the often lose some of their childhood to taking care of the youngest. Babysitting instead of attending after school programs and what not. But honestly that can happen with any number of kids. Happened with me and my sister and I are 5 years apart and it’s just us.

Well, we were put on this earth to repopulate… I don’t think it’s unethical however as the youngest of a big family, I definitely can agree that kids definitely go without in bigger families, but also same can be said for smaller families. It really just says on personal preference level. I just think it just is the reason behind having the children is ethical unethical…. Some people have them bc they only get attention during that time or some people have them bc they have relationship issues and kids are the answer.. other people have them for financial reasons I mean the reasons are endless that people have children unfortunately it’s not always because you have a lot of love to give and wanna give it , although that would be nice!