Why is the practice of having only one child increasing?
Why is the practice of having only one child increasing?
How many siblings do you have? We have probably faced this question many times in our daily life and asked many of us.
The answer we often get from our peers is - we are two siblings, we are three/four siblings etc. etc.
The answer that I am the only child of my parents and I am also the only child comes to us from very few people.
But if you live in the US or any European country, having only one child, i.e. a single child, has become common.
In fact, in the last few years in various countries of America and Europe, the trend of 'one child and one child' is increasing.
Most married people in those western countries do not want to have more than one child.
31-year-old Jane Dalton, who lives in Ontario, Canada, wanted to give birth to four children and she had prepared for this.
But in 2018, just two months after the birth of their daughter, Jane and her husband decided not to have a second child. That is, they decided to adopt the policy of one child, just enough.
However, Dalton is not the only woman to make such a decision.
In Europe, 49 percent of couples with children have only one child. Likewise, the number of single-child families in Canada has increased to 45 percent, which was 37 percent in 2001.
Similarly, in 1976, 10 percent of American women were only children, and in 2015, it increased to 18 percent.
Arguments in favor of an only child
According to Lauren Sandler, author and investigative journalist of books such as One and only: the freedom of having an only child and The joy of being one, she was very attached to her child. But he also liked his career very much. Therefore, she decided that having only one child was the right way.
According to one study, the average cost of raising two children in the United States is about $300,000, not including college tuition.
Similarly, raising a child in the UK costs about 200,000 dollars, while in Australia it costs 170,000 dollars.
Victoria Fahey, 25, who lives in Calgary, Canada, is also concerned about climate change. She says, 'There will be a fight for resources. I want my children to never have to worry about where to get water.
There are financial reasons for deciding to have only one child.
In Europe, women's wages drop by an average of 3.6 percent after giving birth. A study in a country like the US has shown that there is a 13 percent difference in the wages of female employees who do not have children and female employees who are mothers of two or three children.
According to 33-year-old Lara Bennett, who lives in Cornwall, England, she can make a good partner because she has only one child. If you have only one child, you can easily go out with your friends on weekends or during vacations. Also, even if you go with your partner and your friends, there will be no problem for this.
Social pressure
According to a study conducted in 86 different countries of the world, parents are very happy for a year after the birth of their first child. But with the birth of the second child, their happiness decreases by half and after the birth of the third child, it is the conclusion of the study.
Although the practice of having only one child is increasing in some countries, it seems that the social pressure of having more than one child falls on couples.
Most of the parents complain that they are pressured to have more than one child, from other family members to strangers on the street.
Parents who have only one child have to convince not only other people but also themselves that they are doing the right thing.
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