I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
Russia is very big and very varied. People are different in different regions.
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree.
If kids can forget their own mothers but still have a sense of comrade Lenin, then Soviet power really is here to stay!
We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents.
My wife Kari and I have three incredible kids. And like parents everywhere, we want our children to grow up in a country and a world that is peaceful, and where, if they work hard, they can reach their God-given potential.
I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
You must go deeper into Russia - 150 kilometres from Moscow or more, and look there. The kids are fed with cattle feed - people don't get paid for half a year.