Kitten advice needed

If you look at a diagram of a cat's foot, you see the entire claw. It's not just the "plastic like" part that does the scratching, it includes what would be up to their "first knuckle" of their fingers. We had one declawed cat that we inherited from a long time church friend. She had the cat declawed, because she had some really exquisite high end furniture. I get it, but still. The cat ended up being one of the sweetest ones we had. She really wanted to be an outside cat, but we didn't let that happen. Ultimately, you as the owner certainly have that right. I just recommend against it.