Bella wrote
Hmm, I don't really think the amount of children one has or is capable of having has any connection to parenting skills.
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Parenting is pretty hard but the basics should be instincutal, however, i know from experience, a memeber of my family has ZERO maternal instinct and yet has 3 kids, shes also a single mother, which just makes it worse.
Everyone else in my family can see it and we feel so much for the poor kids, however the mother is extremely fragile and volatile and will not accept ANY criticism as it appears as a personal attack on her and things just get even messier...
It really is sad to see things like this, but i do think its a minority, the vast majortiy of mothers, although they may struggle are doing the best they know how to do.
Also, kids have been born in 3rd world countries for an eternity, so that they can grow up and work and support the family. Over pro-creating is not something new restricted to the western world.