Yes, I would definitely like to have children one day. I love children and get along well with most young kids, plus I have pretty strong maternal instincts.
I can't imagine children not being in my future and would be absolutely devastated if I could not have them for some reason.
I'd like to have kids, but not anytime soon ^^ Maybe in like 30's-40's. I think its nice to have children because its a part of you and the love of your life and its a new chapter in life when you've done your goals. I don't think you should have children if you feel like you haven't fulfilled your own life yet. Cause once you have a kid, you need to always put them first before yourself, and that's a huge commitment, and big financially. I never understood why people at my school thought that 30+ is too "old" to have kids. Are they crazy?? @_@ 18-20's is way too early and unprepared for kids. I'll never understand them. Alot of kids annoy me, but I'm hoping that non annoying kids exist, and hope my future child isn't a brat or anything;; I'd feel a failure as a parent. It's also always been a childhood dream/standard to want to have kids ^^ It's just one of those things like "i'm gonna have a pony, and a prince charming and 2 kids". lol
Nope, not for me in the slightest.
First of all, I despise little kids and babies. I just cannot stand their constant crying and babbling...and yes I know that they can't help it either, but it just drives me up the wall.
I will be way too concentrated on getting a stable and professional job, as well as starting to earn a decent/reasonable salary for said job, which would be me when I'm maybe...22-24(???). Taking time off of work would already be a pain in the ass.
The responsibility of having to take care of a child would probably stress. But the constant diaper changing, crying in the middle of the night, sending them to school, buying them stuff and discipline would also stress me out and I can't handle stress well.
But hey, I'm still 14 years old, and my parents say that I'm just too young to understand the happiness of having a family and raising your own newborn. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not, but I don't understand why some people are desperate to have kids up to the point that they would do anything
My mum is actually an example. At first she didn't want to have kids as well, but when she was ~38 years old (yes my mum is old), she was desperate to have a child. And that was how I was born >_>
And at Science we had to watch a documentary about pregnancy and watching children being born ffs. And a documentary of animals mating. My eyes are still too pure to see these I still need them to play Animal Crossing
I would like to have two children in the next 5-10 years, but I'm really not planning for it as I have a chronic health condition which has the potential to be quite unpredictable and there's always the issue with fatigue. I'll have to see what my health is like when the time comes, and whether it would be sensible to have a child or not. I don't think it is fair to bring a child into the world if you know you can't look after it really well, so perhaps I will have to have one child or just have a dog instead.
Depends what happens. Right now I'm 22, single, no desire to get into a new relationship, and I've clear personal and professional goals I want to achieve over the next 10-15 years. A number of my friends have young children, and until six months ago I used to help run a group for 5-6yos once a week, but even so I've no real urge to have any of my own.
If I don't have children naturally, and I can afford it, then I could see myself adopting in like 20 years time. But not as a newborn - if I don't have to go through raising a child through the early years then I'm not going to!
'Cause I feel like I'm too young to decide. Right now, I feel like I don't want to have kids, but I will probably change my mind in the future. If I ever want a child, I want to adopt.
I would want to have a boy and a girl. I'm sure one of them would end up being blonde (Just like his daddy) and one would need up with brown hair (Like his mommy)
Childfree. The thought of shaping another human being is terrifying to me, I would not want to hold that responsibility. Also I try to keep my life as unattached as possible, so if I want to move across the world I can do so. I don't like being stuck in one place, and a kid basically guarantees that.
My father is the only one bothered by this, I'm his only child and he desperately wants to be a grandfather. I told him if he wanted grandchildren so badly he should have upped his chances and had more kids himself. ;P But my good friend (who is like my sister, and is my Dad's goddaughter) just had a baby, so I think he's happy with that. That can be his grandkid, aha.
I wish the option "Idk" was up there. But I guess atm childfree?? I mean, the kiddies are cute, but only when they're not mine. So, ye, childfree for me.
I'm also not responsible for myself, let alone another life. Hence why I don't want pets either. :-\
This is a definite no for me. In the off chance I went crazy and lost my mind I would adopt. And if the unlikely situation I adopt it would be an older child.
Honestly I am too selfish for children. I have no compassion for them and I know it. I barely tolerate my niece and nephew..only because I feel like I have to. Do I think they are cute once in awhile? Sure. Would I ever want to have to waste my time to take care of them? No.
I like animals more than people.. I just don't see the appeal..
Omg I skimmed through this and so far it's been No huh. What's gonna happen in the next gen lol.
I want to have kids of course, I love babies and kids and those cute little things omg. Like tbh I get jealous of some of my friends that already have kids and I'm just omg. But no I'm not planning anytime soon lol. I wanna be able to support myself first, I don't think I'll be happy to see my kids struggle with me. I don't think I'll love anyone else more than I'll love my kids (and how I love my mom) so yes, I want to have kids. There's just so many reasons; I want to see them grow up, to see someone I raised and put all my life to, to grow up and hopefully enjoy life (more than I have), and to be able to laugh with, to continue my bonding with my mom, only this time, I'll be the one doing her part. It's kinda hard to explain but I'd really love the idea of having a kid.
I did think about not wanting kids before but... Why wouldn't I want to have kids?
Now I just feel empty at the thoughts of not wanting kids.
I voted I was planning on having children by accident, but I really meant I plan on being child-free.
I plan to travel quite a bit and I don't think having children would be suitable for me because quite frankly I don't need them putting my life to a halt in order to raise them. It also doesn't help that I don't really like children.
If my parents wanted grandchildren, they should have had more than one kid because they're getting none from me.
My plan was to be child free. I wanted to make a careeer out of myself (hadn't planned what I wanted to do yet) and travel around the world.
Nearly 5 years ago now I fell pregnant and for some reason I kept the baby.
Now I'm 24, can't even work a simple job because that would mean I would have to fork out most of my wages just on child care and I can't travel anywhere. I chose the life of having to attend to a child's every needs and then spending as much alone time as I can with my partner since he works awkward hours some weeks so sometimes I hardly see him (especially right now since after/before work He pops off to this flat to decorate it, so we can actually move in there as soon as we can because we're living at my parent's right now).
I never have much time to play video games anymore which is what I've always loved to do, I can't even afford games a lot of the time. I also can't afford a lot of things I need. Like for one thing my shoes are falling apart but I can't afford new ones because things my child needs comes first. I couldn't even have a hair cut for about a year because I couldn't afford that either.
until recently the toilet training was a f*****g pain and for about 2 years I would have to spend most days cleaning up p*** and s*** because he was so stubborn and would not use the toilet. This really was not an easy time for me because I couldn't handle it. But then again it's not easy caring for a person as much as you have to for a child anyway. Oh and for the first two years he would not sleepn through the whole night. Speaking of sleeping, if you're a night person like I am it makes it 10x more difficult having to get up at like 7 or earlier (whenever your child wakes up) when you can't sleep any earlier then midnight and you need a lot of sleep. I found that coffee has become my best friend for this reason.
So the moral of the story is if you want a career or even just your own life then stay child free.
Oh and some advice:
If you think you want kids then be stuck around kids for a long time and look after them for the parents. So many people who have been around my kid have realised how hard it is to look after them (especially when he plays up) and they don't want any children.
My auntie REALLY wanted kids when she was younger. She tried to conceive and couldn't. Now she's glad she didn't have any.
