Kids

[FaithPrevails]

How many kids do you have? If you don't have kids yet, but want them in the future - you can vote for the number you would like to have. If you don't have/don't want kids, that's cool, too.

This is just meant to be for fun and to get an idea of who our parents are in the group. If you want to share gender/ages, that would be awesome!

Poll coming...

p.s. Stepkids count, IMO. As a former stepmom, I always told people I had 3 boys.

 

[FaithPrevails]

I have 3 kids.

Boy - age 9
Boy - age 6
Girl - 10 months

I want one more.

 

[Conservativation]

4
girl 20 boy 17 boy 14 girl 5

 

[c1ners]

Step kids don't count for me. Sorry.

I have two beautiful daughters. Ages (almost) 25 and (just turned) 20

My husband has two grown daughters from his first marriage.

I wanted six, but I don't think God wanted me to have any boys. I think three of my miscarriages were my boys. My body just couldn't handle them.

 

[JaneFW]

Stepkids don't count?

I have 2 stepsons, and 1 biological son. All three live with us. I consider my stepsons to be my kids. They call me mom, I call them son.

I wanted 4 or 5 kids, but there were 2 I did not have, gender unknown, and when I met my h and we had our son, he didn't want to have any more. I was 37 by then, so probably just as well.

 

[FaithPrevails]

Stepkids don't count for everyone - depending on the circumstances and the nature of the relationship. I can understand and respect that. But, I also don't want to minimize the impact that a stepchild/stepparent relationship can have in a positive way, either - which is why I added the disclaimer.

 

[christianmomof3]

We have 3
ages 18, 11, and 9.

 

[citizenthom]

None yet. The total number we want to go for depends on finances, but in any case no more than four.

 

[David Brider]

We don't have any yet - only been married a year and a half, and still making sense of the house we moved into last September - there are still boxes to be unpacked..!

Whether we have any depends on finances and health, really, but we've both talked about it as a possibility. I guess a couple would be a sensible number. Wouldn't really want more than that. to be honest.

If it turned out we couldn't have any, I think we'd look seriously at either adopting or fostering.

 

[JaneFW]

We don't have any yet - only been married a year and a half, and still making sense of the house we moved into last September - there are still boxes to be unpacked..!

Whether we have any depends on finances and health, really, but we've both talked about it as a possibility. I guess a couple would be a sensible number. Wouldn't really want more than that. to be honest.

If it turned out we couldn't have any, I think we'd look seriously at either adopting or fostering.

Hey! A fellow Brit.

 

[FaithPrevails]

I have considered adoption. Specifically, I would like to adopt a child with special needs, if God leads us down the adoption path. It's something that has been on my heart for years.

My cousin and her husband just adopted two beautiful little girls (sisters) from an Ethiopian orphanage. Her youngest is a month older than my youngest. Too bad we live so far apart or they could be playmates.

 

[Speculative]

We have 2 children: a 16 y/o daughter and an 11 y/o son.

 

[Manda_24]

None yet for us, probably in about a year. We haven't been married that long and want a little time to ourselves. I want 3 he says 2 but he is fine with 3 so we'll see what happens.

 

[porterross]

We have a fabulous 17 year old daughter.

 

[FaithPrevails]

Not many of us have little ones, it seems. I guess mine aren't little exactly, except baby girl. But, I'm definitely glad I'm not in the teen years yet. lol

 

[porterross]

Awww, the teen years offer new and wonderful ways to communicate with and relate to your children. I admit there are also more intense challenges, but I'm really enjoying seeing my daughter morph into a pleasant young lady and the more I appreciate her, the more I know I'll miss her when she goes off to uni.

 

[FaithPrevails]

I think it's the attitude that I'm most worried about. lol My 9 year old can get a "tone" with me already and I'm praying it doesn't get worse as he gets older.

I really work to foster a sense of family and teamwork into my kids, though - so hopefully they won't give me too much grief about stuff as they get older. Who knows, though, I was a rather difficult teenager and I'm worried about paybacks.

 

[FaithPrevails]

I can imagine you will miss your daughter when she is off at college, though. My boys go to their dad's regularly and I hate when they're gone. I miss them so much.

 

[JaneFW]

Awww, the teen years offer new and wonderful ways to communicate with and relate to your children. I admit there are also more intense challenges, but I'm really enjoying seeing my daughter morph into a pleasant young lady and the more I appreciate her, the more I know I'll miss her when she goes off to uni.

Where is she going?

 

[JaneFW]

I now have three teenagers. Yeah, I know the youngest is 11, but he has absorbed so much teenage-lore that he is already well on his way.

I like my kids. Yeah, I love them too, but I like them. They're interesting, entertaining, intelligent, smart .. LOUD!