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Post by dietspam16 on Apr 19, 2003 11:40:20 GMT -5
becuase there are too many people and in some of the actually dense countrys its still going up becuase familys want kids for the farm or something similar.
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Post by BlueDolphin on Apr 19, 2003 15:03:46 GMT -5
I think there is still an increase of 4 kids per second on the earth with annual deaths factored in. I am not sure about this though. I will look into it.
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Post by Dr.Quack on Apr 19, 2003 17:51:09 GMT -5
All we need to do is wait for the inevitable post-industrial periods that Europe and America have already gone through. People don't seem to want children in our time period and place because they prefer a more free lifestyle, and kids are not financially desirable and necissary to uphold your estate.
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Post by Devastatingly Yours on Apr 21, 2003 21:01:35 GMT -5
How about this....we leave the number of children up to the parents who will be providing for them, at least in reasonable terms. Obviously the human race can not support too much of an increase in its population, but the same is true for the opposite. We, as a species, do need to produce other members of our species to carry on our genes. (that is, if we (as a species) wish to endure to the next generation) As far as what we should and should not be able to do with our bodies, I believe that is open to discussion (which is why it is on the discuission board, is it not?) There are two sets of thinking in this
1. Parents should have the right to limit what their children can/not do to their bodies, while they are still minors. 2. Parents should have no sway whatsoever in a choice involving what one can or can not do to/with one's own body, as they are not the ones that suffer the permanent consquences
I think there should be a reasonable mixture of the two. ;D
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Post by Dr.Quack on Apr 22, 2003 19:25:57 GMT -5
But Parents ARE involved in the consequences of what their child does with their body! They have to pay in both cash and stature!
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Post by henry on Apr 22, 2003 22:21:30 GMT -5
They took that chance by having children.
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Post by Dr.Quack on Apr 22, 2003 23:15:19 GMT -5
And does that deny them the right to have voice over what their children do to themselves?
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Post by Devastatingly Yours on Apr 23, 2003 13:24:01 GMT -5
I personally think that it is crazy to not allow a child to do something for fear of losing stature....health reasons I can understand, emotional trauma I can understand, but status I can not
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Post by GreenPathways16not signingin on Apr 23, 2003 15:50:07 GMT -5
The key to parenting is balance. It is a two way street. And there is no one correct answer.
Having kids is a lot of work. My three cousins are staying at my house right now for a week, one who is in her thirties and she has two kids, one 4 and one 2 (her husband had to stay behind and work in canada). The kids are a lot of work! Trust me. That is why I am not taking the chance of having children untill I can support myself and a child.
Having kids is a life-long responsibility!!!1
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Post by The Silence on Apr 23, 2003 15:54:46 GMT -5
wow marla.... how together of you......
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Post by Dr.Quack on Apr 23, 2003 16:31:50 GMT -5
Which is exactly (relating to the abortion issue) what everyone should be thinking whenever in a potentially dangerous situation!
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Post by Dr.Quack on Apr 23, 2003 16:33:24 GMT -5
I personally think that it is crazy to not allow a child to do something for fear of losing stature....health reasons I can understand, emotional trauma I can understand, but status I can no Stature is a perfectly reasonable thing for a person to strive to keep. Not necessarily social position, but relative respectability. If your children ruin your name, have fun finding yourself a decent job and worthy aquantances. ;D
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Post by henry on Apr 23, 2003 22:18:02 GMT -5
When you decide to raise a child, you should be ready and willing to put your life on hold, and make your sole task to raise a succesful, happy person. It's reasonable to take care of yourself as well (by maintaining one's social stature, for example), but not at the expense of your child.
Also, like I said earlier,
Good god I am smart.
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Post by GreenPathways16 on Jun 7, 2003 22:08:50 GMT -5
once you turn 18, you can legally get married in the US (I think in most states).
getting married definetly means you have control over your body...unless it is a forced/arranged marriage.
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