Some months ago, a neighbor of mine was soliloquizing on how far the situation of the country is becoming too hard. She said, if she had known it would turn out this way, she wouldn't have birthed up to 5 children. Imagine! Then, I asked, what her fear was? she said so many things which I perfectly understood. My question is, why many children in the first place? A three square meal can no longer be achieved due to the hardship and yet people give birth like what I don't know🤔
In my country, Nigeria there should be a policy control over childbearing like some other countries. The excessive rate of childbearing in Nigeria is too high, that's why we face difficulties in some areas such as the database, population growth, economic development, and so on. I went for a check-up at a general hospital, and to my surprise, I saw people who already have four children attending another antenatal clinic 🤔 Why can't we think?
How many kids can a family have?
I believe in a proverb that says two is okay while three is a crowd. If every family can have a maximum number of two kids, things can be better. Population growth can be controlled and plans for the future economy can be actualized. I have seen a family who withdrew their children from private schools because they could not afford the payment.
How is it in my country?
We birth too many children we cannot race. Aside from the hardship going on in the land, our childbearing rate is too high. A lot of children are found on the street begging for food to eat, a lot of underage children who are supposed to be in school are found roaming the street for menial jobs, you know what? some of them feed their parents. Some parents have committed **suicide **because they can no longer cope with the heavy burden of catering to their families. A neighbor of mine left his wife with 6 children to commit suicide😭
Do you know what?
It is the illiterats that give birth to many children and the history kept on repeating itself daily. Children are now raising children I'm a teacher, teaching in a public school. What I see every day concerning these children baffles me a lot. Some with no books, school sandals, some without food, and lots more and if you ask them, your ears will be so full of things they are facing as young as they are😢😢
I believe the government should be involved 👌 But we are in a lawless country where everybody can just misbehave, even the law enforcement agencies are also misbehaving, they are the ones breaking the law. It would be a thing of joy if the government could stand firm on reducing the childbirth rate in my country. If am opportune to be chosen as a one-day president, I will establish a childbirth rate policy on the number of kids a family can have. Enough is enough ✌️ Don't give birth to children if you cannot raise them. The children are suffering too much!
In my country, if the government can step in to control the number of kids a family can have would be better and things will get better. The regulation of family size can help manage population growth, curb fraudulent activities, reduce resource strain, and promote economic development. However, some people believe it is a personal decision that should be left to individuals and families forgetting, that it would be beneficial in all areas.
Even though the bible says we go into the world to multiply, we need to apply wisdom because it is still the same bible that taught us, that wisdom is profitable in all things, so, we should get wisdom and understanding.
My thoughts in the #hivelearners writing contest on the topic; How many kids?
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