After an initial burst of enthusiasm for children, childbearing is losing its appeal for many young couples in metropolises.Nowadays, there is an increasing number of young couples who are reluctant to have childrenas the rhythm of life is speeding up, which raise a public concern.Why could this phenomenon come into being? For my perspective, three main factors may be accountable for this situation.
Firstly, the main reason should be the work preure.Confronting with the heavier workload, many young couples have no mind to have a child.Suffered from the preure of modern life, the young generation always feel the stre to learn new things and to keep pace with the knowledge updating so that they will not run the risk of being laid off in the fierce competition.
Secondly, the cost of bringing a child seems to be an astronomical number for the couples whose financial status is not so good.Superficially, their incomes has been improved than before.Neverthele, with the devaluation of currency, what they get is le than what they should pay actually, which means their financial condition cannot afford the cost of having a child which includes medical treatment, health cares, education, etc.
Thirdly, the poible reason lie in the changes of the fertility value and moral standard.It is a pity that some young couples do not think having no children run counter to traditional customs and they even regard it as a signal of society progre.Accordingly, they would rather have more freedoms to enjoy their precious time in preference to confine themselves to child rearing.
However, the young couples who are reluctant to have children can hardly grasp such a philosophy that raising a child is an obligatory part of their love, families and even the society.Although, to some extent, having no children may help them relieve strees, it would not help them soothe worries completely.Because, without a child, a couple can hardly reap the benefits that a child add to their monotonous life.More seriously, if this phenomenon comes into a tendency, it may inevitably lead to a society where a population implosion would haunt our future and they would confront such a dilemma that there would be no offspring to support them when they are old.
