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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 07:43 AM Original message |
Large families 'bad for parents' |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Could be. My Mom had ten kids, she's 84 and in good health except for controlled hereditary |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The study does seem to have some flaws |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Plus |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. Large families bad for planet. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. What Tesha said.. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. What about adoption? I have a large family, through adoption. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Deleted sub-thread |
WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I think it's pretty clear this is about people who don't adopt |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Agreement and one quibble. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Amen to that |
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arewenotdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. amen to that |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. My 79 year old mom had 7 kids (3 boys 4 girls) |
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MassLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. my MIL just turned 89 and had seven kids of her own |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. This study is likely flawed |
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jarab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I think a flawed study. I suspect the exact opposite in my area. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. exactly, look at what years they included, too broad to mean much. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. I wouldn't assume that. The results are perfectly logical. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. Environmental factors are not considered |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think the environmental factors are controlled for... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I agree that all of us citing our parents is not science |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. It's based on a 100 year pattern in an area with excellent VR s |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. Geesh that's a no brainer. |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. Large families are also... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. Has anyone found a link to the actual study results? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. math, means averaged 8.3 kids/couple |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. My SO has lived in Utah his whole life, and just being here... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. Each pregnancy is bound to stress the mother physically |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. This seems like common sense to me |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. My sister in law is a twin & her twin has 6, she has 1... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Until the 60's, it was difficult to control family size and in many parts of the world |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Your post is insulting and offensive, IMO. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Sorry if you were insulted, but before the "pill" (the 60's), women |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. There is nothing insulting or offensive about your post, IMO |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. gasp! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Ditto what others have said, large families bad for mother Earth |
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