Comments on: How many children should we have?

By: Future Food Shortages | Sharon Pavey

Future Food Shortages | Sharon Pavey — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:32:29 +0000

[...] Maybe having less children would help? What do you think? See my blog How Many Children Should We Have? [...]

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Sharon Pavey − sharonpavey.org comes to life… — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:33:30 +0000

[...] last Saturday 12th December 2009 plus other issues on my mind like future food shortages in the UK, overpopulation of the planet and my own choice to stop at two [...]

By: sharon

sharon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:08:42 +0000

Thank you Amy, I agree it is a good topic to talk about, because the number of people on the planet in the future will affect everything. It is interesting that you think your family of 6 don’t use more energy than a family of 3 people. They must eat more food though, see this blog on food shortages http://www.tishtashtoys.com/blog/2009/12/will-our-children-have-enough-food/

I don’t think you are selfish to have 5 children but don’t you worry about them all? I worry whether my two children will have enough to eat in say 50 years, or somewhere to live which is not flooded etc. I don’t regret having them but I think (I know) their lives are going to be quite a challenge and I feel quite sorry for them I am however, trying to teach them to make a difference. They already do make a huge difference by not eating meat which is a huge contributor to global warming.

The Times says – UN figures suggest that meat production is responsible for about 18 per cent of global carbon emissions, including the destruction of forest land for cattle ranching and the production of animal feeds such as soy.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:45:46 +0000

Well where to start? the number of children you have is of course a personal choice. My first 2 were planned, my 3rd was conceived whilst on the pill and was a big shock, number 4 was also a bit of a surprise and number 5 is planned (thanks to a broody urge by me) but i wouldn’t go back and change any of it. I was an only child and i found it very lonely so i decided i always wanted more than one child.

On the green side of things i think the way we educate our children about being green is very important, we are moulding the future generations to be better and more considerate to our surroundings than out past generations.

I don’t think i use more energy than a single child family, the heating goes on when its cold, the hot water is heated when i need it. One bath does all 4children and i take showers. We drive one car, a ford galaxy which isn’t a high pollutor and we recycle everything that can be recycled. I only pay £29 a month for gas and £69 electricity, my parents use more than that and there is only 3of them in their house!!

A great topic to chew on but if one day someone came up to me and said i was selfish for having 5children i think i would have to be restrained lol! x

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Tish Tash Toys » Blog Archive » Will our children have enough food? — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:45:28 +0000

[...] having less children would help? See my blog How Many Children Should We Have? posted under Environmental [...]

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:16:40 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and add a comment. I will try and blog more about carbon footprints in the future. Thanks again.

By: knitwits

knitwits — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:30:24 +0000

well i have 5 children & i am very proud of each of them. I don’t feel i should have to justify my reasons for having this many children to anyone, how many children a person has is a personal decision to them. i know there are lots of children out there waiting to be adopted & i would take a lot of them if i could but adopting is not as easy as some people think.
i have to agree with Elizas comments regarding enviromental impact etc, having a large family makes us more aware of the enviroment & we do a lot to reduce our carbon footprint, more than a lot of smaller families i know who think it doesn’t affect them

By: sharon

sharon — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:47:52 +0000

And agree with your comment on how we live our lives, totally !!

By: sharon

sharon — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:46:10 +0000

Hi Eliza, thank you so much for sharing such a touching and personal story. I agree, about the broody feelings but we’re sticking with two too!! Take care, Sharon xxx

By: Eliza Claire

Eliza Claire — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:45:30 +0000

About the environmental impact, I disagree that small families are the only way. A large family who are aware of their environmental impact, who live ‘green’ and who work hard to reduce their carbon footprint will be far better, environmentally, than a small family that do none of these things. It’s about how we live, and how we teach our children to live, not how many children we have.