Do you want to have kids?

[McQuack]

Hi what's up I'm new... haven't posted in the Teen area before. I was reading the Community Board and there was a thread about a lady who was expected to do half her second grader's homework assignment on Elvis with her, and there were all these comments like "Oh man, that's what i get to look forward to for when my child hits school age." and earlier today I was listening to Paul Simon's album Graceland and the opening song is called The Boy In The Bubble, which references, well, David Vetter, the boy who had to stay in a bubble until he died at 12 years old.

So it got me thinking. Personally, I'm 17 and I would like to someday have a really really grand relationship with a girl. I don't know if I want to necessarily get married, but assuming I did... I still don't know if I would want children. I love little kids and I am really good with them, even at this age. I just don't really think that I'd want to be responsible for bringing somebody into the world and then having them go through school and stuff. It'd kill me inside if my kid was the sort of boy or girl who was nice to everybody and got beat up for it anyway. It'd kill me more if somehow even after my wife and I did our best to raise a wonderful child, they somehow became a drug addict or a felon. I'd also really hate to be responsible for bringing somebody born with a mental issue, Downs or something, who could never be really... whole, I guess, into the world. I'd also just never forgive myself should my wife die in childbirth.

All of which leads me to the conclusion that if I ever do have a child, I think that I'll adopt a little boy or girl from Haiti or China or Africa. It just seems "right," I suppose.

I dunno. That's what I've got in my head tonight: it could change as soon as tomorrow morning. I'm just thinking.

So how about you? I don't know anybody who posts in this Teen Board or the sorts of people who usually do (I have posted in the MiceChat Teen Board before but it's kind of dead) so I really hope that I don't offend anyone with anything I've said.

But back to the main question...

As a teenager now, do you think that someday you'll have kids?

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

I want kids someday. Farfarfarfarfarfar from now XD

 

[Sparx]

no. not at all.

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

No.
I really don't.

And I can't figure it out.
I have no extemely motherly-type instincts.

I may want to adopt someday, though.

 

[imabrat]

Absolutely, I've always wanted to have a big family. Now if I'm able to have children is another story. I pray that I'm able too, I would LOVE to be a mom someday. Childbirth scares me more than life it self, though.

 

[McQuack]

Absolutely, I've always wanted to have a big family. Now if I'm able to have children is another story. I pray that I'm able too, I would LOVE to be a mom someday. Childbirth scares me more than life it self, though.

Why wouldn't you be able to have children?

 

[MusicalDisneyDreams]

At this point in my life, I really can't say. I haven't even decided "what I want to be when I grow up" so I'm really not sure. If the right man comes along and it's in God's plans, then yes. If not, then no. But I realy don't know.

 

[imabrat]

Why wouldn't you be able to have children?

Infertility. No one knows if they can have children until they try, we all just assume we can have children. I pray that I'm blessed with fertility. That's all.

 

[McQuack]

Infertility. No one knows if they can have children until they try, we all just assume we can have children. I pray that I'm blessed with fertility. That's all.

That's a funny way to look at it lol... can't say I've ever heard anyone assume that they might not be fertile, but it's really a very good realistic perspective.

 

[chloejonas2247]

I do want kids, i'v always have i love kids and kids love me buttt just like one of your said Child Birth scares me sooo very bad! but other than that FO SHO!!

 

[I Am What I Am]

I do. I've always wanted children.


But....they're near the bottom on the plan of my life. If that makes sense.


Like my plan is:

Graduate College

Establish my career

Get Married

and then have kids.

I hope I made it at least semi-clear. xD

 

[DisGirlAllie]

I do. When I have a husband. I'd love to someday be a mother. Like Sonya, I also hope I'm fertile. I love little kids and I've been told I am really good with them. Sure, I'm scared to think that I'd be responsible for bringing somebody into the world and then shaping them into a person. But I believe it's all about perspective. I would honestly try my best to keep them from turning into a felon or drug addict but if it happens then I will do my best to help them get back on the right path.
Being a parent is a huge responsibility.

 

[disneyworldluvr349]

I am 17 now, and I don't know how I feel about having children. I would love to be a "mommy" and raise a family that goes to Disney World, and loves one another.
But the harsh reality of life is always looming. Divorce is the biggest worry of mine. So many relationships don't last, and I wouldn't want to put my children through that, nor do I want to feel trapped in a relationship with someone for my children.
I know I will probably have children, but I still will worry.

 

[Raven_the_Bird]

No. I really can't stand little kids.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

I want two boys. No girls. Girls are evil.

 

[WDWtraveler27]

YES!!! I love children. they are awesome. I want a few kids. I'm good with kids.

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

I do want kids, but I may consider adoption as the thought of giving birth terrifies me.
And also, if I have the same blood type as my mum, I'd have to get a blood test every week during pregnancy. And blood tests set off my hypochondriacal fainting - and I'm pretty sure actually giving birth would too.
So I might just adopt tbh. But I'd like 2 girls and a boy, ideally.
I actually dreamt last night that I was older and I had like a newborn baby...

 

[m!ssemmx0]

I do want kids, but I'm scared of (a) not being fertile (b) childbirth itself (c) not being able to handle a newborn. I really do think I'd be a good mom, I'm just scared I won't be able to do enough for my future babies. I've been thinking about adoption lately (so I wouldn't have to go through with childbirth, etc.), but I don't know. I do know I want two kids, a boy and a girl.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

I do, I love little kids. And little kids apparently like me. Everyone tells me I'm good with kids, not just little kids. I'd love to have kids, I really want at least 1 boy and 1 girl (I'd like 2-4 children). Like others have said, yeah, I'm afraid of child birth.

 

[Pancakes]

Ah, I'm undecided.
I think I want kids...but I don't know yet.