THE ECONOMY IS REDUCING FAMILY POPULATION..

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I have seen families in my country that have many kids, including one of my neighbour, the family don’t have a good work and still be able to feed the family, the man is a farmer and have more than 12 children’s, when i ask about his children some people say that he has 23 children but some are not with him because he marry many wife’s and divorced some, he is feeding them and they are all good, but what affects the children is that none of the kids were able to attend school or get educated because the parents can not afford to take them to school, that shows that some families don’t care about the economy.

They don’t care about the economy? But how could they, when they themselves lack any formal education? What kind of knowledge can they pass on to their children—perhaps just how to till the land and grow vegetables? And what else? Are they condemning their children to the same kind of life they lead themselves? Yes, undoubtedly—in most cases, that is exactly what happens.

It is far better to have only as many children as one can afford to provide with an education. Life is much easier with an education than it is without one.

Saying that one should have as much children as he can take care of still is not even the best advice because it sounds misleading. As a modern human, what exactly are you doing all those children if you gave birth to over 10 to as many as possible? The economy is not getting better and this is not longer the stone age when families only survived on hunting and farming. A child needs education and establishment.

If you have excess resources, you don't have to give birth to hundreds of children, you can take care of your neighbours own of even open an NGO to assist other families. The world needs to become a better place and we can not achieve a better world with self-centred attitude of birthing multitudes because you think you can train them. Fortunately, many world billionaires don't give birth to multitudes, they channel their resources in charity to touch lives.

On the average, I think that no reasonable person would want to give birth to more than 3, 5 or 7 at the most noticeable matter your financial capacity. If the money is in excess, help your neighbours.

[Juicyhome]

Yes, money and cost of living are just one factors to many why people want to have fewer kids. But you can't say same to some people who barely have enough to feed themselves but yet bring in more kids to the world. So cost of living and money are not the only reason why people give birth to lesser number of children.

What about career. Some peoples career path has made them not to even give birth at all. And if they do is usually one or two.

Age is another one. One gets too old that fewer kids becomes an only option.

So cost of living and money is just one factor to a lot of factors.

I agree to this, many factors can be a reason For child bearing,  family planning is very important in marriage,  economy is  just a one reason,  just as you listed career choice, age and environment determine thr number of children family want to born. Health is not reason, a woman that gave birth through cs will limit thr number of children she will born for her health sake.

Rich money born less children because othe thief career,  while poor home has more children than rich home,  it's a matter of choice and understanding between parents,  it's important to born children you can train and take care of, your financial situation should be in check before giving birth to a child.

[bakasabo]

Today be alone is cheaper than be in relationship, have family, but having a child is similar to be bankrupt. People also became more selfish and closed. People dont get the idea of a marriage; additional to get married is expensive today. Not to mention how has decreased level of responsibility. Life turn costly daily. It is not a surprise that people dont want to have children, when some dont even have enough money for themselves.

[asriloni]

The annual % change of total population has said it all. It's always going lower and lower.  The growth of living cost is now forcing people to think for twice before they have childrend. The more childrend, the bigger living cost. At the same time, the growth of salary is not catching up to the inflation. So the money earned from working is not even enough to keep people's life.

This is why the mindset to child free is getting widen so fast. When you have so many burden in your shoulder, you will not be thinking to merried, then having a child. This trend gets so popular in my country.

Not long ago, I was watching a presentation by a professor—an economist and one of the founders of the Higher School of Economics—who noted that by the end of this century, China’s population will shrink to 600 million people. Currently, the country is home to about 1.5 billion. Why do I bring up these figures? China holds a leading position in the global economy, yet even that is not enough to improve the situation.

Now, consider what might happen to countries where the economic situation is far less favorable.

At the beginning of this century, there was a great deal of talk suggesting that, given the prevailing demographic trends, humanity would soon face the problem of overpopulation. In reality, however, the exact opposite is happening.

Being the leading of global economy is not guaratee if their people are living without pressure. The fact that their GDP is still far less than US, and their quantity is the only thing that is helping them to be placed among the country with good GDP. If you're seeing them in term of individually, their people are not as rich as US or other developed nations in EU.

Beside that the trend is changing at the middle way because the inflation is growing far higher than the salary people got. So it forces people to follow the paradigm about child free because they're struggle to keep their live. It makes no sense if they try to make a family.

Slowly but surely, China's population will be also declining due to the pressure of cost of living + inflation.

[Finebone]

This is not just about the economy, but it has more to do with how much money or incomes that is coming into the house, because if a man that cannot take proper care of himself and his wife decided to give birth to three or four children, that family will fall deeper into poverty,  because feeding every mouth to their satisfaction in that house hold will be impossible, so the economy and most importantly the income that is coming into that house is what's determined the numbers of children couples give birth to this days, because not paying attention to little but important details like that will only lead to much suffering from that family.

[Obim34]

The floor is open, what do you think? Is the economy really reducing the family population?

Every person starting a family must understand the importance of family planning, the economy isn't getting better, even the future is difficult to predict in terms of how prosperous it will be, every new family must initiate family planning if they want life to be easier.

The government should also play a crucial role in birth control, families giving birth to many children beyond their care are reasons why we have many poor people. Overpopulation does more damage to the economy, the worst of it, the poor are the ones giving birth to so many children they can't care for.

[Tmoonz]

Generally when the economy is not favorable to the citizens so many things are being affected negatively including family population just as you described, but some times having more or less children become entirely an individual decision, there are those that have more than enough to take very good care of more than 2 children maybe like 5 but in their own choice and decisions they are having just 2 children while most people that have enough to even take care of 2 children are having like 5 children regardless of their financial situation that is to say there are other factors not just the economy that are responsible for reducing family population.

[POPOLUV]

When the cost of things gets really expensive and the economy crumbles to the floor, many parents choose to have just one or two kids, so they can be able to provide and give them everything they need without much complaints, rather than having four or five children and struggling to pay for a pizza.

The economy is not only the reason but it is contributing very much to families now having reduced numbers of children but the activists and the speeches on how the world is getting over populated is also making families now having reduces numbers. There are some people that would have loved to have many children but because of what people will say on this, and how they will see them. It is making them not have the children they want. I think if you can afford to take care of the number of children you want to give birth to then go ahead but do not bring children into the world and then have them suffering because you could not plan your family very well. Having a small family is going to help you out financially and it is not a bad idea.

If you are saying that people decide to reduce numbers of children they should give birth to because of what people may say about them, my dear brother i don't agree with you deeply because as the world is becoming civilize that is how people are being educated and seeing reasons of not giving birth more than 4 children, and doesn't mean that most of the parents that decide to give birth to 3 or 4 children that they do not have the money to take of them, no they have the money but it is just that the eras of giving birth to so many children and attach with the poor economy growth.

[Makus]

With the way the economy is going right now a lot of people are being very careful and calculative about starting a family because they know that it is going to take a lot from them. Personally, I think that there's nothing wrong in deciding not to procreate or bring in kids into the world if you are not capable of taking care of them, if more people can have this mentality there would be less hardship because the population wouldn't be increasing under such a bad economy.

[boyptc]

Today be alone is cheaper than be in relationship, have family, but having a child is similar to be bankrupt. People also became more selfish and closed. People dont get the idea of a marriage; additional to get married is expensive today. Not to mention how has decreased level of responsibility. Life turn costly daily. It is not a surprise that people dont want to have children, when some dont even have enough money for themselves.

And the cost of divorce if the relationship don't go is costly. It could wipe out entire hard work of both person when they're going to split.

That's why the generation today is thinking and it's not that we YOLO but, the economy is tough to cope up with.

Living alone is even costly and you can't enjoy the nice things anymore based on our salaries and it all goes to taxes and bills.

We see living together and roommates just to reduce the cost of rent and other utilities.

[Pi-network314159]

The floor is open, what do you think? Is the economy really reducing the family population?

The facts is that people who want to reproduce should consider their pockets not just doing it carelessnessly without looking at the disadvantage but later start looking for solution after the deal has been done. Inflation and hardship is the really cause of family population reduction. Because a person who has 4 to 5 children and not been affected by the economic situation, it means that the economy is suitable for such person because he planned well earlier before marriage. So planing ahead could be a helpful tool sustain a family without reduction.

[Solokan]

A downturn in the economy can potentially reduce family size, and most solutions involve using family planning to avoid having too many children or to regulate the birth of a child. Because having many children increases needs, and expenses become a headache when income doesn't match. So, with the economic downturn, many people will likely not want to have many children, and quite a few don't want to have children at all

However, in my experience as a parent of four, don't be afraid to have more children. I've found that having more children makes working more exciting, which is certainly different from having one child. However, everyone has different opinions and different circumstances

[fruktik]

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Being the leading of global economy is not guaratee if their people are living without pressure. The fact that their GDP is still far less than US, and their quantity is the only thing that is helping them to be placed among the country with good GDP. If you're seeing them in term of individually, their people are not as rich as US or other developed nations in EU.

Beside that the trend is changing at the middle way because the inflation is growing far higher than the salary people got. So it forces people to follow the paradigm about child free because they're struggle to keep their live. It makes no sense if they try to make a family.

Slowly but surely, China's population will be also declining due to the pressure of cost of living + inflation.

In this case, it is hard to dispute that China’s economic success is linked precisely to its large population. The people of that country are exceptionally hardworking and perform their jobs to a high standard. Why have I reached this conclusion? If one compares India and China, the situation in the former is far worse—even though India’s population is actually larger. So, why is poverty more prevalent in India? Could it be that the government has no interest in changing this? It is easier to govern and control an impoverished population. Narendra Modi has been in power for a total of more than 25 years (including his time as a Chief Minister). This suggests that power in the country has been usurped by a single individual—a tyrant who refuses to step down. To maintain his grip on power, he needs leverage over the people; by driving them into abject poverty, he is able to manipulate the population however he sees fit.

[abhiseshakana]

The floor is open, what do you think? Is the economy really reducing the family population?

it looks like that, but matter of fact in making decisions, human beings are not always guided by mathematical calculations or economic profit and loss. The thoughts expressed by the OP does not apply in many countries especially countries with a large Moslem population where economic pressure does not curb population growth. There are stong theological convictions on moslem society that children are not viewed as a consumption burden that reduces the parents' share and the consequences, financial pressure does not put an end to the desire to have children automatically. Beside that on moslem community there are social safety net which based on community solidarity and an extended family system so raising children as a collective project.

I think OP forget to explain that on the future, children will become producer not only consumer, they will increasing the size of the family's own economic pizza not only dragon that finishing food, an increase in the human population often sparks creativity, boosts productivity, and expands economic markets. At these stage i think religious values, social structure and culture contribute more in curbing the rate of population decline in the moslem world, contrary to profit loss calculations.