Children

[bekalynne440]

Lately I've been challenging everything I grew up knowing to be the "norm" in society today.  I started with challenging my clothing choices, and am now joyfully wearing skirts!  My latest line of questioning is children.  Why do we as a society see children the way we do?  Why is it now "normal" to have 2 kids per family?  I have to admit I wanted 4 at first.  Why do we even have a number in our head, though?  All through scripture they would let be whatever happened.  Having children was seen as a blessing, not having children as a curse.  Even not in ideal circumstances children were rejoiced over.  When they weren't, it was by bitter women.

Yes God did give us medicine.  Back then they didn't have the forms of birth control we do today.  But is that really a good thing?  I know we need to provide for our children, but that doesn't have to be as expensive as many make it out to be.

I don't know.  I keep tossing all this around in my head, trying to figure out where I stand FOR US (I know not everyone has the same convictions).  What are your thoughts?

[dlkht]

 I personally stopped at three, but that was when I was focused on myself, and what would my life be like if I had more children. Now they are nearly grown and if I knew then what I know now, I would have definately had more.  The world tells us women that we need to have careers and that staying at home is lame.  I was an only child extremely lonely and introverted.  I married into a family of 11 children and I have 56 nieces and nephews.  I love being a part of this great big family.  BTW I think children of big families are more well rounded people. They learn discipline, how to interact with others, how to respect others, caring for others, its not so focused on themselves.