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How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby juzme123 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:35 pm

So we all know that Somali people are known for having many, many kids and this has remained true for first generation imigrants. The average size family is 7/8 kids?

So I was wondering how many kids ya'll would, will or do have (as westernised educated people with careers).

Personally I think 3/4 sounds about right. The plan is to have them early so as to get rid of them early and enjoy the rest of my life while i'm still (relatively) young :lol: :?:

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby Nomand » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:38 pm

i want to out do all my forefathers so about 34 kids will do fine

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby juzme123 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:40 pm

i want to out do all my forefathers so about 34 kids will do fine
hahahha :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You better get started then :lol:

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby melo » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:42 pm

Well i've got 2 now. Maybe another 4.

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby juzme123 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:44 pm

Well i've got 2 now. Maybe another 4.
:shock: 6 kids that's gonna be one noisy house Manshallah :up: :lol: . How would that fit in with a career/work?

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby MujahidAishah » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:47 pm

I have twins now ... Another 5 or 6 would be nice ... I wanna have a big family inshallah 8-)

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby juzme123 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:07 pm

So far it seems that big families are still likely but that the average number of kids is lowering from a higher 7/8/9 to 6 or below (with nomand, and I to a lesser extent, being the outliers so far).


If I had many kids (5/6/7+) I think i'd have to put them in boarding school or get nannies to keep them in the yard-house of my mansion :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: .

Here is a question to those planning to have many kids:

- By having as many kids as you are planning to do, are you not directly reducing the chances of success of each of those children. How? Well for starters you are going to have less time for each of those kids. Secondly the resources (money) that you can make available to each of those kids reduces as you have more kids meaning that they all lose out.

- Is it not better to have a few number of kids e.g. 4 so that you can focus (a) your time on them and (b) your resources on them to ensure that they have the best quality of life, education and future.

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby juzme123 » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:17 pm

Hadana on the other hand, the Somali population is low and does need increasing. This is quite odd since Somalia has one of the highest birth rates in the world. Also the life expectancy is higher in Somalia than it is in many other countries (especially some subsaharan african) and has actually been increasing over the past 20 years, albeit only slightly.

This however, is perhaps off-set by the the consequences of war which are displacement, fleeing in addition to hunger and disease hence rebalancing the population growth rate.

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby melo » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:12 pm

Well i've got 2 now. Maybe another 4.
:shock: 6 kids that's gonna be one noisy house Manshallah :up: :lol: . How would that fit in with a career/work?
6 kid isn't a lot actually, especially if you space it out properly.

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby Enemy_Of_Mad_Mullah » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:39 pm

at least 7 :up:

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby melo » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:40 pm

I have twins now ... Another 5 or 6 would be nice ... I wanna have a big family inshallah 8-)
Much respect walaal. Not many somali females in the west these days are for big families, and sometimes i don't blame them. After all, it will be the ladies carrying most of the responsbility

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby Complicated19 » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:14 am

8 :roll:

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Re: How many kids would/do/will you have?

Postby AhlulbaytSoldier » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:57 am

5 kids would be fine. Kids is nice to have after 2years marriage.


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