THE ECONOMY IS REDUCING FAMILY POPULATION..

[angrybirdy]

You need to think carefully before having kids so that, you don't end up having more kids than your resources to take care of them because that will put you into abject poverty. It doesn't mean that your income have increased, you should also increase the number of your kids because if after giving birth to the new child and your income reduces or losses his purchasing power due to inflation, that child cannot be eliminated out from the family. If your income increases, it's a blessing for you to live more comfortably and invest some part of it for the future.

In the past, families used to have more than one child because people didn’t have to worry as much about basic necessities like housing and food. Nowadays, people are even afraid to have just one child. As a result, the population gradually declines over time.

Maybe the system is doing this automatically in a way. There really are a lot of people in the world, and resources are limited, so perhaps this is how things are supposed to work out. But I’m not saying that the population needs to decline or that this is how things should be. I definitely don’t want to be misunderstood on that point.

by that, I don't say that they dont want or desire to have a family, rather they are aware of the difficulties of life in this recent year... In the past years, people have more children because the cost of living is much lower than today. Things like food, housing, education and others are the main elements which determine the complexity of the matter to start a family. I don't think it's weird when someone chooses not to have a kid or just wants to have a smaller family since they are worried about raising the child. It's understandable to me to think we should reduce population to solve the resource shortage problem.

[SOKO-DEKE]

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

Yes, it’s hard nowadays to see many people planning to have many children, and the reason is that they know they will find it difficult to raise them in this poor economy. In fact, many young people who are not even ready to marry and settle down have already started planning the kind of family they want to have because of what they are going through. Their parents cannot provide them with proper care, and that is one of the reasons why they are already deciding on the number of children they want to have when they are not even ready to settle down.So, the economy is one strong factor that is reducing family size because people don’t want to give birth to children who will increase their problems. If someone cannot take proper care of themselves, how will that person be willing to take care of others? In fact, some people are even beginning to plan not to have children at all, if possible.

[Fortify]

Let's image you have a box of pizza with eight slices. If you eat it alone, you have to eat all eight slices yourself and you will be very satisfied and even have some leftover for tomorrow. But if you share it with your eight kids, each of you end up getting one each and that wouldn't even be enough for one person. Money works like a pizza, when grown up decide to have kids they often look at how big their pizza is. Will it be enough to satisfy their children? Here is how the economy, which is just a big word for money, jobs and the cost of things helps families decide how big their family should be.

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

Only in advanced and developed countries it seems. Kids are used as a retirement plan in places like Africa and parts of Asia, the parents have as many as possible, even assuming that some might die through childhood due to the tough conditions they have to sustain. If their kids go out at an early age and start earning money it can make life easier for the parents, almost providing a pension of sorts. Meanwhile people in advanced countries are thinking more responsibly and have much greater costs to contend with. In the first band the parents are not necessarily thinking about the kids welfare but likely only have kids due to lack of contraception which can also be connected to religious "reasons".

[rachael9385]

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.

That's true, everyone has their reasons why they choose not to give birth to more kids but financial issue is the is the main reason why people choose not to give birth to more or no kids at all. The cost of living is insane and without a substantial source of income it would be seen as irresponsible to give birth to more than one kid.

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.

Talking about these points, I think if someone is really serious about starting a family their career isn't supposed to make them too busy for it unless they are just giving excuses. Age factor is understandable too, for a lot of people that are old they don't really prioritize this anymore due to the fact that there might be complications with having kids at that age.

[danherbias07]

I think it is.

Many of my friends do think that way. 2 kids are enough, and beyond that can become problematic for their budget. Well, I don't disagree with it, but I don't completely agree. Kids are not supposed to be investments. You don't think about money when you have kids. It's a blessing. One can avoid having kids, and partners can also avoid it by seeking help from specialists. It's a choice, but because of the bad economy, it becomes something to think about when there's already a problem feeding the first and second child.

[Taricoins]

I think it is.

Many of my friends do think that way. 2 kids are enough, and beyond that can become problematic for their budget. Well, I don't disagree with it, but I don't completely agree. Kids are not supposed to be investments. You don't think about money when you have kids. It's a blessing. One can avoid having kids, and partners can also avoid it by seeking help from specialists. It's a choice, but because of the bad economy, it becomes something to think about when there's already a problem feeding the first and second child.

I personally think raising children with the mindset that they are investment is a really wrong idea, raising children should be a responsible not a return for old age, investment for old age should have been done in the years of youth and returns from pension and other savings would have been the source of income.

Anytime I think of the reduction of the population due reduced child birth rate, I start to panic

[Synchronice]

Let's image you have a box of pizza with eight slices. If you eat it alone, you have to eat all eight slices yourself and you will be very satisfied and even have some leftover for tomorrow. But if you share it with your eight kids, each of you end up getting one each and that wouldn't even be enough for one person. Money works like a pizza, when grown up decide to have kids they often look at how big their pizza is. Will it be enough to satisfy their children? Here is how the economy, which is just a big word for money, jobs and the cost of things helps families decide how big their family should be.

Having a child is like raising a dragon, it's super fun, but dragons eat alot, they needs a big space, comfortable and convenient for them. They also need a special care and attention. When the economy is strong, parents have good job, they are comfortable and financially stable, they will start thinking about having another baby, but when the jobs are hard to find, the economy is crumbling and things are expensive, parents start getting worried, and they might say, let's wait until we have enough savings and gotten our jobs back before having more kids. That's it, it's the economy that is making that decision and not them. But the economy doesn't force anyone to have or not have children, but the hardship that comes with the economy leaves parents with no choice. No laws stops you from having children, but it act like a scale. On one side is the love and joy of having a big warm family. On the other hand is the cost of food, housing and care.

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

Economy isn't reducing the population and it has never been a reason of it. There were probably 100x worse economy in the past and they had lots of kids in every family. lower levels of education and economic development are strongly correlated with higher birth rates globally. The reason is that in poor and undeveloped countries they are more religious, there is more social stigma and judgement around many things, lower education also leads to less thinking and planning of the future. I won't go further, I think we all know reasons behind it.

But in developed countries, where people have a very good salary and are fully capable to give a birth to children and raise them but at the same time, these benefits give them the ability to have lots of fun in life, so, why to give a birth to children when you can have all the fun? There is a huge difference in mentality between poor countries and rich country and the population of these countries. People in developed countries are less religious and they don't see many things as sins, instead, they become socially normal.

So, no, economy has never been a problem. It's that the more developed and educated you are, the less you are risking having kids for many reasons and I want to highlight that responsibility is probably one of them too.

[Nanga Parbat]

Yes, it’s hard nowadays to see many people planning to have many children, and the reason is that they know they will find it difficult to raise them in this poor economy. In fact, many young people who are not even ready to marry and settle down have already started planning the kind of family they want to have because of what they are going through. Their parents cannot provide them with proper care, and that is one of the reasons why they are already deciding on the number of children they want to have when they are not even ready to settle down.So, the economy is one strong factor that is reducing family size because people don’t want to give birth to children who will increase their problems. If someone cannot take proper care of themselves, how will that person be willing to take care of others? In fact, some people are even beginning to plan not to have children at all, if possible.

Yes i agree with you, now marriages are delayed just because of the fact that many young people find it  difficult to take on responsibility of making family. Because now we have generation that calculated and make plans about everything including they also calculated their number of children after marriage to raise them well. Some how it is good to run life smoothly or manage properly. now parents prefer to provide standard education, good living standards want to build some assets as a savings. It is due to the pressure of economy that affect the mentality of the people. Every thing is now becoming expensive day by day, challenges that  faced by our generation today not faced by our ancestors.

Our economy has now greatly affected our decision,  Having many kids was not big issue few decades ago because life was simple ,there were few allowances , even transportation charges were affordable, discounted schools fee. But now it becomes burden for the couples to handle all that in average salary. Bow they realize that family planning is the economic necessity of this era.

[Obulis]

It is common fact that if the income cannot be increased when the family members increase, then it is not possible to fulfill all the responsibilities at once. And after becoming the guardian of many children, if they cannot be educated properly, if they cannot be raised carefully in a good environment then there is also a doubt about whether the child will get proper moral education in the future.

A parent has to be responsible by considering all aspects. Many people may think of having a child considering their current financial situation. The responsibility that will increase in the future should be planned from the beginning. So that there is no deficiency in the overall development of that child. He has to be raised with good food, shelter, education and proper treatment. If the parents cannot fulfill their responsibilities towards them completely, then that child grows up with a negative mentality in the future. Which becomes bad for the society and the family.

Having many children and the resources to take care of them doesn't increase can turn to or become a disaster as per low level moral education because lack of money can easily become lack of sense. It's the responsibility of the parents to guard their children until they grown to struggle for themselves at least and even if, it's not bad for parents to pass on inheritance and knowledge to their children as that will help make life easier for them.

[Y3shot]

I personally think raising children with the mindset that they are investment is a really wrong idea, raising children should be a responsible not a return for old age, investment for old age should have been done in the years of youth and returns from pension and other savings would have been the source of income.

Anytime I think of the reduction of the population due reduced child birth rate, I start to panic

Some people need to be schooled because they have this kind of mindset based on the background they come from. This is a poor mindset, as people often think that because they are poor, their children will grow up to become rich and start doing everything that has to do with finance, and this is very bad. This entitlement mentality from parents has made many people unstable because as soon as one starts earning, no matter how small it is, they begin catering for their family, and this is a lot of responsibility that one won't be able to manage while striving to be financially stable and build more income.]

[Berry2d]

I personally think raising children with the mindset that they are investment is a really wrong idea, raising children should be a responsible not a return for old age, investment for old age should have been done in the years of youth and returns from pension and other savings would have been the source of income.

Anytime I think of the reduction of the population due reduced child birth rate, I start to panic

Some people need to be schooled because they have this kind of mindset based on the background they come from. This is a poor mindset, as people often think that because they are poor, their children will grow up to become rich and start doing everything that has to do with finance, and this is very bad. This entitlement mentality from parents has made many people unstable because as soon as one starts earning, no matter how small it is, they begin catering for their family, and this is a lot of responsibility that one won't be able to manage while striving to be financially stable and build more income.]

Hoping on children to take care of our financial need is a very bad idea,  children i know will grow  to have their own responsibility and believing they most meet all our demands is a complete lie.
From my own end, I take that same way i take gambling, it may turn positive at last or may not but the truth is we need not to depend on them for everything because they can never provide them all for us. Of a truth parents are meant to reap the fruit of their labour but even it doesn't turn as expected we should learn to continue without regret.
Why i don't believe it must be like that is, some may not become rich at last so how can such person meet up to the demand of doing what he cannot do

[Makus]

I personally think raising children with the mindset that they are investment is a really wrong idea, raising children should be a responsible not a return for old age, investment for old age should have been done in the years of youth and returns from pension and other savings would have been the source of income.

Anytime I think of the reduction of the population due reduced child birth rate, I start to panic

Some people need to be schooled because they have this kind of mindset based on the background they come from. This is a poor mindset, as people often think that because they are poor, their children will grow up to become rich and start doing everything that has to do with finance, and this is very bad. This entitlement mentality from parents has made many people unstable because as soon as one starts earning, no matter how small it is, they begin catering for their family, and this is a lot of responsibility that one won't be able to manage while striving to be financially stable and build more income.]

I believe that kids should take care of their parents but a lot of parents take it as an obligation, logically it is important for kids to do that but the pressure that's placed on a lot of young people by their parents now is the reason why a lot of them end up doing something terrible just to get money. No young boy or girl that's still trying to figure out life and sort out theirself should be turned into a money making machine by parents, this affects them mentally.

[Mate2237]

They say that having kids is a blessing especially in Africa where they have the mindset that they can give birth even though they are not financially stable and then with some miracle they are going to be financially stable, this is the mentality that lead to the start of the struggle of most families in Africa. It is logically right to always make sure that you make sure you are financially stable before giving birth.


The reason why a lot of people get into serious situations is not because they are incapable of feeding themselves but they go beyond their capacity, there's a difference between feeding yourself and then taking care of a family, a lot of people don't really know the difference so they carelessly give birth thinking that they can cope without thinking about their financial status.

[Bitcoin.com97]

Having kids in some family don't have anything to do with the economy, infact the poor don't really care ,they believe children are gift and they should come as much they want , but it's a wrong mindset , a poor man can have ,9 to 10 kids without having money or considering the economy, but a rich man will see three kids and feel it's okay ,so they can give them the best ,most times when I travel home I ask myself several questions and I even think of taking some women for family planning so they can stop having kids , because it could be carelessness or other factors , what I'm trying to say , with what I have seen , economy doesn't reduces any family population and even if it does ,it could be to some people not applicable to everyone.

[Fiasem20]

In a way you’re correct because most family wouldn’t give birth to their children and let them wander around and beg for survival.According to my friend she usually makes a statement like “if you aren’t financially stable enough to cater for them don’t bring them to the world to face unbearable challenges”.Children are meant to be cared for and they aren’t supposed to be the parents of themselves,though the economy may not necessarily reduce the population of a country because even in country most cultures chase their children out of their house so that they could cater for themselves and become whatever they want to be without guidance from them.And most parents lack awareness of what family planning is,so at the end of the day they would produce as many children they never planned for.

[Stable090]

Will it be enough to satisfy their children? Here is how the economy, which is just a big word for money, jobs and the cost of things helps families decide how big their family should be.

If you are not extremely rich, then you can born any amount of children which you like, the money which you are having is enough to properly take care of them, and it’s not going to affect you in any way. If you are not financially stable, just born the little with you can take care of with the money you are earning, don’t born what you won’t be able to take care of, you don’t have to allow your and your children suffer, it’s better you have few children and properly take care of them.

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.

If you are not so wealthy, it’s better to have just 1 or 2 children, at least you will be able to take care of them compared with when they are so much. If you are still struggling, but give birth to little children.

[coupable]

I don’t think it is just the economy either. There are so many more things that divide us these days than in the past. There was a time when you just had to make sure the person you were going to spend your life with just enjoyed the same type of music. Now you need to match their opinions on social issues most people never even encounter.

Ideological beliefs don’t seem to be one of the top things that separate couples. It’s not a restriction, but it is important in some big cases like religion and some political opinions. And this is not a today problem because it is always the same in all ages and cultures. The economy is the biggest source of division. Personally, I think greed is more common today than it was yesterday.

[Curious T]

The only argument I have about this is that, in developed countries, where there is no very high inflation and a good average income, they don't give birth to many children, but in underdeveloped countries where there is a very high rate of poverty, they give birth to many children. In fact, the poor people in those underdeveloped countries give birth to more children than the rich. If you look at the birth rate of various countries now, you will see that the birth rate of African and some Asian countries is way higher than that of European, N. American countries and some Asian countries like Japan.  If what you say is true, developing countries should have a lower birth rate.

When I look at it, I think the level of exposure and education determines how people get children. There is a lower quality of education in underdeveloped countries; that is why they have more children. They don't care about the economy. They don't even care about how to take care of the children. They just take it as it comes. There is no plan for it.

[Yeesha]

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.

You're extremely right. Family stability depends on the amount of income and number of individuals who are willing to survive through that income. There is a big differences between family of four and family of ten. Even if both fathers are collecting or receiving same amount of salary, the money is going to be sustainable for the family of four than that of five. We just have to accept the truth and faces the reality of life. Things are so expensive nowadays, and still the rate of inflation is increasing higher than expected. We have to find stability by ourselves to prevent ourselves from facing financial difficulties.

[Tongley]

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.

You're extremely right. Family stability depends on the amount of income and number of individuals who are willing to survive through that income. There is a big differences between family of four and family of ten. Even if both fathers are collecting or receiving same amount of salary, the money is going to be sustainable for the family of four than that of five. We just have to accept the truth and faces the reality of life. Things are so expensive nowadays, and still the rate of inflation is increasing higher than expected. We have to find stability by ourselves to prevent ourselves from facing financial difficulties.

To protect ourselves from this problem, we must find different sources of income. Because when our income is high, we may not be able to see the effect of inflation as much. Whenever there is a financial crisis, we face such a problem. So we have to have different sources of income, so that we can earn a lot. For example, if a person is working, he can start a small business after finishing his job or he can start some kind of online business so that he can earn extra income from that place.

Financial crisis is currently putting a family in a difficult situation. Because they do not have money to educate their children, the future of their children becomes blind.