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Yes and when they all are teens the words BUFFET is a very good place to eat.

I know I tend to make my meat purchases in large quantities because the meat market gives me a discount when ordering 3-400 lbs of meat. Having three refrigerators and two deep freezes gives me a lot of cold and cool storage places.

I have a nice walk in pantry too For all the dry goods. I tend to shop at wal mart, Aldi's. Costco or Sams club to get a lot of dry goods for as little as possible. It is not always easy but I would not trade it for the world.

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To the threadstarter, I would like to know why you believe the following quote is crazy:

When reading this, it looks to be just a different opinion from yours.

As for this quote, SOME of it is based in reality, and interpretively not "crazy" at all.
"living in a dirty cage at the zoo" is exactly what will happen if you don't clean up after your children and the children become misbehaved, either from poor upbringing or from mental disorders. Maybe this person just doesn't like to clean up after others and would rather focus on their own life. I don't see anything wrong with this. Maybe this person also sees that he/she does not have the appropriate personality to be able to handle that many kids well.
"1 kid tops, or none at all" -- I don't know what this person is thinking, but I'd be a very lonely person today if it was not for my sister. I do wish that I had more siblings.
As well, Americans, and every other nationality of people will happen to have too many kids in some instances. If you are unable to handle and/or financially support a certain number of children, but have this number anyway, you have had too many children.
"thinking that having babies is going to somehow solve all of life's problems." -- many people think this way, and when they do actually have children, the experience is sometimes not what they expect or what they had hoped for. Some people will even mistreat their children because of this. This is a very real problem for all people involved.

Ok, that one is crazy.

Again, this quote isn't crazy either, but I don't believe that having more children is in any way detrimental to our future. Yes, the children will have to suffer severe consequences of our forefathers' bad decisions and actions in the future, but if the children grow up with a good heart and are properly educated, they could bring alot of good to the world.

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I think I made myself clear when I said:

I find the quotes crazy because they are talking about children like they are either dogs that you can or cannot get "stuck" with them or they are not human beings.

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Yes many do think this way or use having young children as an excuse not to have to work. In third world countries they also have large families some because of multiple raps.

Remember many here that are defending large families do so because the are prepared to do what ever it takes to provide for them. Now this is where it gets tricky "Provide" what does this actual entail? For some I know no child will complete less then University as their value is in Education or possible a high paying job. Others are more simplistic in the approach and it means they will be fed, clothed and loved. I think the word for this approach is providing the basics for a happy family.

If you believe in the last method the rest are very difficult to understand. Same as the other way around.

You are right no matter how many children we produce if we give them the life skilled required to educate and feed themselves all will be fine. If we just have children for the sake of saying see I got me 12 then we are going to have issues.

I have two for me it is what I could handle emotionally and financially. It was a hard choice but one we made and are at peace with.

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Is the number of children we have really that important compared with how we raise them? I believe some couples think that having more children makes them holier but the more children you have the less time you have for each of them or even your spouse.