Family planing is one of the most effective ways to improve women's and children health and survival. why wait to have children? 1)pregnacy under the age of 20 increases the health risks for both the mother and the baby 2)for health of both mothers and childriem a women should wait untill her last child is between 2&3 years old before becoming pregnat again 3)the health risks of pregnacy and children increase,if a women has had many pregnacy 4)family planing services provides men and women with information and steps to plan a family.