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[violachic]

I know this is going to sound really harsh, and I know that there are people who will disagree with me, but I very firmly believe that in this day and age, with the number of children out there who desperately need good homes, it is downright unethical for people to have eighteen natural-born children. If every child is a blessing, why can't you go adopt a dozen or so who already exist?

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[anansi133.livejournal.com]

My right-wing impulse is to say, "damn straight! Legal limits for anything beyond 2 children who survive adolsecense!" or something like that.

My left-wing impulse is to say, "yeah, that's gross, but it would be even grosser to try to regulate that from above"

Somewhere in the middle, there's a voice that's concerned we're not doing everything we can to make it practical to raise a reasonably-sized family into a reasonable lifestyle.

I hear from a lot of secretly (or not so secretly) anti-child people, who would rather play than raise kids, and would rather their attention not go toward anything having to do with children. I wish we could have a larger discussion in this country about civics, and what it means to give a shit about other people's children.

[violachic.livejournal.com]

I hear you, on all counts.