text: An EXCELLENT question...\n\nConsidering current circumstances, I think having any more than two children is self-destructive, in both the personal sense (raising children isn’t easy) and in consideration of humans as a species.\n\nWe, as humans, have VASTLY overpopulated the earth to a dangerous extent. Through doing so, not only have we driven exponentially more animals to extinction than any other natural cause combined, but we are also driving OURSELVES to extinction by depleting our habitat - the entire planet - of natural resources and polluting the ones we do have. We all complain about death rates, but somehow our birth rates STILL exceed them. We complain about lack of food, shelter, necessities; we overcrowd our adoption centers and foster care systems with unwanted children or children of parents whom are unable to properly provide for them; and yet, if we were to STOP HAVING SO MANY CHILDREN these tragedies would slowly decrease and diminish all on their own.\n\nBy having more than two children, you are furthering the suffering of our species as a whole in lieu of your own selfish desire for more children. Only have as many children as will replace you and your partner when the TWO of you perish. After that, you are only contributing to the self-destruction of our species.