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How many kids are you comfortable with?

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    The older I got the more I wanted my own space. I don't mind sharing spaces with my own family but non-family, I have a limit as well. I grew up with large families, all of my uncles had 4+ kids and I have 4 uncles so that made a ton of cousins for me to grow up with. Plus our own family 3 girls and 3 boys.
     

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    The older I got the more I wanted my own space. I don't mind sharing spaces with my own family but non-family, I have a limit as well. I grew up with large families, all of my uncles had 4+ kids and I have 4 uncles so that made a ton of cousins for me to grow up with. Plus our own family 3 girls and 3 boys.
    That's more like living with and extended family. I will feel cooked up in that kind of house even if I had my own room, it wouldn't be enough to give me peace and relaxation.
     

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    I'm the kind of guy that doesn't feel comfortable in a home where there are too many people. If there are more than 4 people in an apartment, I wouldn't be comfortable living there.
    So, at most 2 kids are enough for me, with my wife ,there by making us 4 in total.
    That was my plan too. However, I grew to dislike even numbers! So i changed my target to five. I am at 20%! I was hoping to hit my target before leaving the 4th floor. Wish me luck :-)
     

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    The pandemic has taught me a lesson. Less is more! I would rather have a number that i can manage. For me 2 is a handful already, but i would go with that! Anything more than that will make me run mad! Things are tight right now. And i wouldn't want to get "self-induced stress".
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    2. After that it was either she got fixed or I was getting fixed.
    SInce it was a c-section and they were already in there we just agreed on her getting fixed.
    Althouth the physician did try to talk us out of it!

    Talking about you may want to try for a boy. MF I tried twice!
     

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    I have 9 children 17 down to 1. So....I don't have a number:-)
    Damn girl you been BUSY! haha

    That is good though. We need more black women to be empowered to have families. So many don't want them these days.

    As for me... I think 2 or 3 is enough. If I don't end up having any, I do plan to adopt or foster at the very least.
     

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    My wife and I have discussed a family of 4 to 6 children. This is due to the fact we both are college educated as well as land owners and B1 than a mutha fucka. Simply put we feel we have to reproduce a generation of conscious educated, armed , black entrepreneurs. We can make our own cities. We need black excellence to reproduce its self in mass and in wealth accumulation.
     

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    My wife and I have discussed a family of 4 to 6 children. This is due to the fact we both are college educated as well as land owners and B1 than a mutha fucka. Simply put we feel we have to reproduce a generation of conscious educated, armed , black entrepreneurs. We can make our own cities. We need black excellence to reproduce its self in mass and in wealth accumulation.
    4-6 is good. It gives you some breathing room if you happen to have one that is determined despite all your guidance to hop on the coon train.
     

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    4-6 is good. It gives you some breathing room if you happen to have one that is determined despite all your guidance to hop on the coon train.
    You damn right!! But my wife and I have cultivated indoctrination tools in the house. My daughter already has the Black Authority's intro memorized and she is only 3. All she knows is black owned media outside of her learning cartoons. But hell im going to get her gifted and lit pretty soon here.
     

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    You damn right!! But my wife and I have cultivated indoctrination tools in the house. My daughter already has the Black Authority's intro memorized and she is only 3. All she knows is black owned media outside of her learning cartoons. But hell im going to get her gifted and lit pretty soon here.
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    I’m doing exactly the same. If only one comes out sideways I’ll be satisfied. MLK has a few that have my face on some:


    Okaay What GIF by ABC Network
     

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    I don't have children but If I did I would have to say 2 (3 the most). I have to agree with one of the comments prior; too many people in my home I feel uncomfortable maybe its the introvert in me but it feels weird.
    Bruh my son is about to turn 7 and he zaps my energy. He is a talker and he talks all day and it destroys me as an introvert. My home is supposed to be where I recharge but I have my son one week on, one week off and I be so drained sometimes.

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    Bruh my son is about to turn 7 and he zaps my energy. He is a talker and he talks all day and it destroys me as an introvert. My home is supposed to be where I recharge but I have my son one week on, one week off and I be so drained sometimes.

    “Dad what’s your favorite super hero”

    “Dad who would win, sonic or Optimus prime”

    “Dad are snakes smart”

    Angry Denzel Washington GIF
    That's the thing, I don't mind that, that would be cool to know my kid(s) have the same interest as their father and I wouldn't mind teaching my kids what it means to be B1. Yeah i'm sure and have no doubt just one kid alone can be taxing and imagine 3 kids but still I wouldn't mind it.
     

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    That's the thing, I don't mind that, that would be cool to know my kid(s) have the same interest as their father and I wouldn't mind teaching my kids what it means to be B1. Yeah i'm sure and have no doubt just one kid alone can be taxing and imagine 3 kids but still I wouldn't mind it.
    I don't have a problem teaching them to be B1 or teaching them anything. It's that as a introvert I have to have my private time and sometimes it's tough for kids to understand that. I'm my son's superman so he wants to share every thought that pops in his head with me. Which I understand but I'm not built to be talked to all day.
     
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    I don't have a problem teaching them to be B1 or teaching them anything. It's that as a introvert I have to have my private time and sometimes it's tough for kids to understand that. I'm my son's superman so he wants to share every thought that pops in his head with me. Which I understand but I'm not built to be talked to all day.
    I hear that brotha. lol
     

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    I'm the kind of guy that doesn't feel comfortable in a home where there are too many people. If there are more than 4 people in an apartment, I wouldn't be comfortable living there.
    So, at most 2 kids are enough for me, with my wife ,there by making us 4 in total.
    I grew up in a family of 5 with my parents and 3 siblings. We didn't live with our father constantly as he always travels for business trips and comes back once in 3 to 5 months.

    I got comfortable with being just 4 in the house and I'm not sure if I can have more than 2 kids in order to have just 4 family members.
     

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    My parents have birth to seven children, five boys and two girls. If possible for me I'll double such numbers, and have half community of people around me lol. I don't care if the government charge me to court for given birth to so many children.
    I don't think that the government is going to charge you to court for having 100 children. What they are going to do would be take away the kids from you and put them in foster care homes when you can't take care of them.
     

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    I don't think that the government is going to charge you to court for having 100 children. What they are going to do would be take away the kids from you and put them in foster care homes when you can't take care of them.
    That's tremendous to hear, I'm pleased with your answer. Because I love kids and I want to have more, because my parents have birth to plenty of us and I have to replicate such too. I wouldn't born to abandon for anyone taking care of them, I'll work hard to provide their primary needs of life including secondary when the need arises.
     

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    The pandemic has taught me a lesson. Less is more! I would rather have a number that i can manage. For me 2 is a handful already, but i would go with that! Anything more than that will make me run mad! Things are tight right now. And i wouldn't want to get "self-induced stress".
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    This pandemic showed me a lot of folks had too many kids they can't care for or afford. Two is plenty, none in these difficult times is best. Less is more until things get better.
     

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    This pandemic showed me a lot of folks had too many kids they can't care for or afford. Two is plenty, none in these difficult times is best. Less is more until things get better.
    That goes for everything.
    • Less kids
    • Less nigga trinkets
    • Less expenses
    • Less everything
    • More planning
    • More savings
    • More survival skills
    • More guns
    • More ammo
    • More love
    • more unity
     

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    That's tremendous to hear, I'm pleased with your answer. Because I love kids and I want to have more, because my parents have birth to plenty of us and I have to replicate such too. I wouldn't born to abandon for anyone taking care of them, I'll work hard to provide their primary needs of life including secondary when the need arises.
    My father will always hammer it in my ears that it's better not to have kids at all than to give birth to kids that you can't take care of their responsibilities. It's going to be shame on your family legacy.
     

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    Bruh my son is about to turn 7 and he zaps my energy. He is a talker and he talks all day and it destroys me as an introvert. My home is supposed to be where I recharge but I have my son one week on, one week off and I be so drained sometimes.

    “Dad what’s your favorite super hero”

    “Dad who would win, sonic or Optimus prime”

    “Dad are snakes smart”

    Angry Denzel Washington GIF
    😂😂😂😂 that's that female energy imbalance when boys spend more time around women than men. When I was the only woman in the house I'd be good to get a grunt sometimes. Boys are different, but I notice boys who grow up free of lots of women are very different from the ones who grow up very chatty women in their families. Hopefully you're able to restore and find peace when you're free.
     

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    My father will always hammer it in my ears that it's better not to have kids at all than to give birth to kids that you can't take care of their responsibilities. It's going to be shame on your family legacy.
    Sure, that's why I'll work hard to stand tall in order to fend for their primary needs. If by any means, I fail to provide for their needs, then I wouldn't give birth to plenty to avoid child abuse.
     

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    I love kids so much, I just hope that when I get married it wouldn't make me want to have everywhere littered with bunch of them 😂. I think I'm going to good with at least 5 kids and not anything less than 5 unless my wife have any kind of complications that's going to make it impossible for her to have 5 kids safely without much threat to her own life.
     

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    Right now, I'm not sure if I want to have any kids. The commitment to take care of a kid all of his life till the kid is old enough to take care of himself or herself doesn't appeal to me yet. Maybe it's because I'm still younger, I'm not sure but it's just how I feel about kids at the moment. If anything changes in the future, then I can decide on it all over again.
     

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    I feel like my views are always changing on this. When I was younger, I didn't want any. Then when I got a bit older, I wanted at least 3 or 4... But at this point with the way the economy is going, I am just not sure if they will be in my future. My boyfriend has a little girl and I am bonding with her. If things continue on a good path, I will adopt her as my own.