Family planning- Having the number of children you want


Some mothers and fathers want a lot of children, especially in Africa. Where many children die young, parents feel they need a large number of children to help with work and to be sure some remain to take care of them when they grow old.

Many mothers and fathers have come to realize that to have a large family may bring serious problems. For example:

•With many children, it is harder to feed, clothe and educate them well.
• When a mother has child after child without space between, she often becomes weak. Her breasts produce less milk. Her babies are more likely to die. After many pregnancies, the danger is greater that she will die in childbirth, making the children motherless.
•If a man and woman have a lot of children, when the children grow up, there may not be enough land for all of them to grow the food their families need. Children may begin to starve and might end up dying of hunger. This is already happening in many areas.

Although, most, if not all, hunger in the world today could be prevented if land and wealth were distributed fairly, the growing number of people is part of the problem. If people keep having big families, a day will come when there is not enough land or food to go around- even if people learn to share.

The situation will get better only when people- as individuals, as families, and as communities- come to understand the many factors affecting their health and take action for the good of their children and future generations.

Source: https://myhealthetic.com/2020/01/08/family-planning-having-the-number-of-children-you-want/