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Printablejohnart said: No.
I'm an only child. 
[Edited 3/9/10 15:25pm] We need to start an only child thread. So far it's you, me, Val, Jason. Wow. MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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I do not know, I think it might be cruel to have one! "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: johnart said: No.
I'm an only child.
[Edited 3/9/10 15:25pm] We need to start an only child thread. So far it's you, me, Val, Jason. Wow. and you guys turned out pretty good. 
Look at Dan, he has a sibling. I rest my case.  | |
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MrsMdiver said: MIGUELGOMEZ said: We need to start an only child thread. So far it's you, me, Val, Jason. Wow. and you guys turned out pretty good.
Look at Dan, he has a sibling. I rest my case.  MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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No, it's not cruel; it's thoughtful and necessary: the human overpopulation of this planet is becoming unbearable:
"-Inadequate fresh waterfor drinking water use as well as sewage treatment and effluent discharge. Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, use energy-expensive desalination to solve the problem of water shortages. -Depletion of natural resources, especially fossil fuels. -Increased levels of air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination and noise pollution. Once a country has industrialized and become wealthy, a combination of government regulation and technological innovation causes pollution to decline substantially, even as the population continues to grow. -Deforestation and loss of ecosystems that sustain global atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide balance; about eight million hectares of forest are lost each year. -Changes in atmospheric composition and consequent global warming -Irreversible loss of arable land and increases in desertification Deforestation and desertification can be reversed by adopting property rights, and this policy is successful even while the human population continues to grow. -Mass species extinctions. From reduced habitat in tropical forests due to slash-and-burn techniques that sometimes are practiced by shifting cultivators, especially in countries with rapidly expanding rural populations; present extinction rates may be as high as 140,000 species lost per year. As of 2008, the IUCN Red List lists a total of 717 animal species having gone extinct during recorded human history (TUNA, ANYONE?) -High infant and child mortality. High rates of infant mortality are caused by poverty. Rich countries with high population densities have low rates of infant mortality. -Intensive factory farming to support large populations. It results in human threats including the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria diseases, excessive air and water pollution, and new virus that infect humans. -Increased chance of the emergence of new epidemics and pandemics. For many environmental and social reasons, including overcrowded living conditions, malnutrition and inadequate, inaccessible, or non-existent health care, the poor are more likely to be exposed to infectious diseases -Starvation, malnutrition or poor diet with ill health and diet-deficiency diseases. However, rich countries with high population densities do not have famine. -Poverty coupled with inflation in some regions and a resulting low level of capital formation. Poverty and inflation are aggravated by bad government and bad economic policies. Many countries with high population densities have eliminated absolute poverty and keep their inflation rates very low. -Elevated crime rate due to drug cartels and increased theft by people stealing resources to survive -Conflict over scarce resources and crowding, leading to increased levels of warfare -Less Personal Freedom / More Restrictive Laws. Laws regulate interactions between humans. Law "serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people." Law The higher the population density, the more frequent such interactions become, and thus there develops a need for more laws to regulate these interactions." [Edited 3/9/10 16:17pm]  | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Genesia said: No. It's cruel when you want more than one - and your government forces you to have an abortion if you get pregnant again.
Which is why American Right to Liars should just shut up about the issue  Yeah...that would favor their argument.  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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My parents had me way after my brothers. So, I was pretty much an only child because my brothers were adults when I was growing up.
My mother definitely talks about how selfish and spoiled I am compared to my older brothers. JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!! | |
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I am an only child and I turned out well adjusted. | |
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Genesia said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Which is why American Right to Liars should just shut up about the issue Yeah...that would favor their argument. It proves they have it made. Women aren't being forced so they just need to stop crying their fake tears. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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JoeTyler said: No, it's not cruel; it's thoughtful and necessary: the human overpopulation of this planet is becoming unbearable:
"-Inadequate fresh waterfor drinking water use as well as sewage treatment and effluent discharge. Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, use energy-expensive desalination to solve the problem of water shortages. -Depletion of natural resources, especially fossil fuels. -Increased levels of air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination and noise pollution. Once a country has industrialized and become wealthy, a combination of government regulation and technological innovation causes pollution to decline substantially, even as the population continues to grow. -Deforestation and loss of ecosystems that sustain global atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide balance; about eight million hectares of forest are lost each year. -Changes in atmospheric composition and consequent global warming -Irreversible loss of arable land and increases in desertification Deforestation and desertification can be reversed by adopting property rights, and this policy is successful even while the human population continues to grow. -Mass species extinctions. From reduced habitat in tropical forests due to slash-and-burn techniques that sometimes are practiced by shifting cultivators, especially in countries with rapidly expanding rural populations; present extinction rates may be as high as 140,000 species lost per year. As of 2008, the IUCN Red List lists a total of 717 animal species having gone extinct during recorded human history (TUNA, ANYONE?) -High infant and child mortality. High rates of infant mortality are caused by poverty. Rich countries with high population densities have low rates of infant mortality. -Intensive factory farming to support large populations. It results in human threats including the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria diseases, excessive air and water pollution, and new virus that infect humans. -Increased chance of the emergence of new epidemics and pandemics. For many environmental and social reasons, including overcrowded living conditions, malnutrition and inadequate, inaccessible, or non-existent health care, the poor are more likely to be exposed to infectious diseases -Starvation, malnutrition or poor diet with ill health and diet-deficiency diseases. However, rich countries with high population densities do not have famine. -Poverty coupled with inflation in some regions and a resulting low level of capital formation. Poverty and inflation are aggravated by bad government and bad economic policies. Many countries with high population densities have eliminated absolute poverty and keep their inflation rates very low. -Elevated crime rate due to drug cartels and increased theft by people stealing resources to survive -Conflict over scarce resources and crowding, leading to increased levels of warfare -Less Personal Freedom / More Restrictive Laws. Laws regulate interactions between humans. Law "serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people." Law The higher the population density, the more frequent such interactions become, and thus there develops a need for more laws to regulate these interactions." but Val lives in the UK!!!! | |
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ZombieKitten said: JoeTyler said: No, it's not cruel; it's thoughtful and necessary: the human overpopulation of this planet is becoming unbearable:
"-Inadequate fresh waterfor drinking water use as well as sewage treatment and effluent discharge. Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, use energy-expensive desalination to solve the problem of water shortages. -Depletion of natural resources, especially fossil fuels. -Increased levels of air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination and noise pollution. Once a country has industrialized and become wealthy, a combination of government regulation and technological innovation causes pollution to decline substantially, even as the population continues to grow. -Deforestation and loss of ecosystems that sustain global atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide balance; about eight million hectares of forest are lost each year. -Changes in atmospheric composition and consequent global warming -Irreversible loss of arable land and increases in desertification Deforestation and desertification can be reversed by adopting property rights, and this policy is successful even while the human population continues to grow. -Mass species extinctions. From reduced habitat in tropical forests due to slash-and-burn techniques that sometimes are practiced by shifting cultivators, especially in countries with rapidly expanding rural populations; present extinction rates may be as high as 140,000 species lost per year. As of 2008, the IUCN Red List lists a total of 717 animal species having gone extinct during recorded human history (TUNA, ANYONE?) -High infant and child mortality. High rates of infant mortality are caused by poverty. Rich countries with high population densities have low rates of infant mortality. -Intensive factory farming to support large populations. It results in human threats including the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria diseases, excessive air and water pollution, and new virus that infect humans. -Increased chance of the emergence of new epidemics and pandemics. For many environmental and social reasons, including overcrowded living conditions, malnutrition and inadequate, inaccessible, or non-existent health care, the poor are more likely to be exposed to infectious diseases -Starvation, malnutrition or poor diet with ill health and diet-deficiency diseases. However, rich countries with high population densities do not have famine. -Poverty coupled with inflation in some regions and a resulting low level of capital formation. Poverty and inflation are aggravated by bad government and bad economic policies. Many countries with high population densities have eliminated absolute poverty and keep their inflation rates very low. -Elevated crime rate due to drug cartels and increased theft by people stealing resources to survive -Conflict over scarce resources and crowding, leading to increased levels of warfare -Less Personal Freedom / More Restrictive Laws. Laws regulate interactions between humans. Law "serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people." Law The higher the population density, the more frequent such interactions become, and thus there develops a need for more laws to regulate these interactions." but Val lives in the UK!!!! So? Many of those points are specialy valid for Europe or USA... [Edited 3/9/10 16:57pm] | |
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ZombieKitten said: JoeTyler said: No, it's not cruel; it's thoughtful and necessary: the human overpopulation of this planet is becoming unbearable:
"-Inadequate fresh waterfor drinking water use as well as sewage treatment and effluent discharge. Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, use energy-expensive desalination to solve the problem of water shortages. -Depletion of natural resources, especially fossil fuels. -Increased levels of air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination and noise pollution. Once a country has industrialized and become wealthy, a combination of government regulation and technological innovation causes pollution to decline substantially, even as the population continues to grow. -Deforestation and loss of ecosystems that sustain global atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide balance; about eight million hectares of forest are lost each year. -Changes in atmospheric composition and consequent global warming -Irreversible loss of arable land and increases in desertification Deforestation and desertification can be reversed by adopting property rights, and this policy is successful even while the human population continues to grow. -Mass species extinctions. From reduced habitat in tropical forests due to slash-and-burn techniques that sometimes are practiced by shifting cultivators, especially in countries with rapidly expanding rural populations; present extinction rates may be as high as 140,000 species lost per year. As of 2008, the IUCN Red List lists a total of 717 animal species having gone extinct during recorded human history (TUNA, ANYONE?) -High infant and child mortality. High rates of infant mortality are caused by poverty. Rich countries with high population densities have low rates of infant mortality. -Intensive factory farming to support large populations. It results in human threats including the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria diseases, excessive air and water pollution, and new virus that infect humans. -Increased chance of the emergence of new epidemics and pandemics. For many environmental and social reasons, including overcrowded living conditions, malnutrition and inadequate, inaccessible, or non-existent health care, the poor are more likely to be exposed to infectious diseases -Starvation, malnutrition or poor diet with ill health and diet-deficiency diseases. However, rich countries with high population densities do not have famine. -Poverty coupled with inflation in some regions and a resulting low level of capital formation. Poverty and inflation are aggravated by bad government and bad economic policies. Many countries with high population densities have eliminated absolute poverty and keep their inflation rates very low. -Elevated crime rate due to drug cartels and increased theft by people stealing resources to survive -Conflict over scarce resources and crowding, leading to increased levels of warfare -Less Personal Freedom / More Restrictive Laws. Laws regulate interactions between humans. Law "serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people." Law The higher the population density, the more frequent such interactions become, and thus there develops a need for more laws to regulate these interactions." but Val lives in the UK!!!!  | |
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thejason said: ZombieKitten said: but Val lives in the UK!!!!
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You are way nicer than me. I would tell people to go fuck themselves.
and no, it is not cruel to only have one child just like it's not cruel to have none at all. | |
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ZombieKitten said: thejason said:
I get it!! that shit made me laugh for real... and you too... | |
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Surely not.
I'd be overjoyed to have just one child. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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The funniest thing about this thread is that if Val and Phil were to have 3 or more children, then she would be considered a "baby factory"
Some people (especially family) always tend to say the dumbest things. 
You do you. What ever is good for YOUR household is what's best for YOUR family.  | |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: MrsMdiver said: and you guys turned out pretty good.
Look at Dan, he has a sibling. I rest my case.  | |
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I'm the only child...always got yelled at...never spoiled... unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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Mach said: MrsMdiver said: Is it cruel to only have one child?
No ~ goodness ... people can be so cruel with their opinions 
People need to just shut it! Well look whom I found dipping their toe in the murky waters! :eyeroll: At least offer me a damn cup of coffee! | |
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peacenlovealways said: I'm the only child...always got yelled at...never spoiled...
Same here. One of my moms biggest fears was that I would end up being spoiled. I was always very glad that my parents did not produce another child together. Neither of them were very good parents, my mom did the best she could. When I did decide to become a parent, I knew that I had to do everything in my power to be a better one than my parents. No child deserves to be in the environment that I grew up in. | |
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I do not pay much attention when ppl tell us we should have more than one.
None of those ppl that say that started their families at 38 yrs old. So, they do not know what it is like to start out later in life and in these economic times. Luckily my mom is very happy about finally being a Grammy and is quite happy with having one grandchild. She is also keen on the idea of us adopting in the future, if we decide to add to the family.  | |
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It"s not cruel to have one child . I have six children they constantly fight and compete with each other  It drives me crazy and I feel guilty for over populating the world | |
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Rosebud said: It"s not cruel to have one child . I have six children they constantly fight and compete with each other
It drives me crazy and I feel guilty for over populating the worldYou should not feel guilty about bringing life into this world. Tell me, would you feel that way, if they did not fight? "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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When the parents are long gone, it would be nice 2 have at least 1 brother or sister around that really KNOWS U. | |
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Rosebud said: It"s not cruel to have one child . I have six children they constantly fight and compete with each other
It drives me crazy and I feel guilty for over populating the world
One of the reasons that I have always wanted to adopt. | |
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When I saw this thread I thought of those "Wenesday's Child" things they have in these parts. Basically a news show of magazine runs an article on a child that has been in the system a long time and needs to be adopted.
Sometimes they say " this child would do better as an only child" or this child would be good with siblings. What I am getting at is it depends on a person whether of not a brother or sister would be a good idea. If your child is a loner they arn't going to feel the need for a sibling (spelling?). My daughter is extremely outgoing and wishes that she had a built in playmate. she also lacks cousins; I had over 50 first cousins. But, I am a single mom in my 40's and having another child just because she wants one is irresponsible on my part. There came a time when the risk of remaining tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin. | |
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Deadflow3r said: When I saw this thread I thought of those "Wenesday's Child" things they have in these parts. Basically a news show of magazine runs an article on a child that has been in the system a long time and needs to be adopted.
Sometimes they say " this child would do better as an only child" or this child would be good with siblings. What I am getting at is it depends on a person whether of not a brother or sister would be a good idea. If your child is a loner they arn't going to feel the need for a sibling (spelling?). My daughter is extremely outgoing and wishes that she had a built in playmate. she also lacks cousins; I had over 50 first cousins. But, I am a single mom in my 40's and having another child just because she wants one is irresponsible on my part. I am an only child, I only have one cousin, she was always a major brat when I tried to play with her as a child. I was so glad that she was not my sister. I never had any problems entertaining myself. I had plenty of friends to play with. | |
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MrsMdiver said: Deadflow3r said: When I saw this thread I thought of those "Wenesday's Child" things they have in these parts. Basically a news show of magazine runs an article on a child that has been in the system a long time and needs to be adopted.
Sometimes they say " this child would do better as an only child" or this child would be good with siblings. What I am getting at is it depends on a person whether of not a brother or sister would be a good idea. If your child is a loner they arn't going to feel the need for a sibling (spelling?). My daughter is extremely outgoing and wishes that she had a built in playmate. she also lacks cousins; I had over 50 first cousins. But, I am a single mom in my 40's and having another child just because she wants one is irresponsible on my part. I am an only child, I only have one cousin, she was always a major brat when I tried to play with her as a child. I was so glad that she was not my sister. I never had any problems entertaining myself. I had plenty of friends to play with. You know when I was little, the sixties and seventies, I could wander the neighborhood looking for kids that were outside to play with. I always had my ears open for news of new young neighbors. Unfortunately I can't let my daughter search the neighborhood streets looking for a game of kick ball or jump rope to get in on. Now your mommy must set up play dates. unfortunately mommy's have different schedules from one another. I do have a friend who has twins 5 months older than my daughter and another daughter 13 months younger. They love having her over and she often gets to spend the night. So the child is not deprived, for sure. There came a time when the risk of remaining tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin. | |
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I was the happiest person on earth with one child for 10 years. I never knew anything else and I enjoyed every moment of being alone with Mom, Daddy and son time. Then all of a sudden I wanted just one more, and had 3 more kids (all girls)
Now I would not go back in time for anything. It is what you do and how you enjoy what you have. The grass is always greener.  | |
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