Question

List the advantages of having small families.

Answer 1

Below are some of the advantages of having a small family:
(i) Financial condition of family is deeply related to the size of the family. A living cost of a large family is surely much higher than a small family. A large family has more expenses on cloth, toys, education and food whereas expenses in small family are very low.
(ii) Parents can easily fulfill the needs of one or two children. They can provide them best education and look after them very well whereas when there are many children to look after parents just cannot fulfill even the basic needs of the children properly. Therefore, as a result, children suffer, the parents suffer and the nation suffers.
(iii) A child in a small family receives more support from their parents than in a large family. In large family, parents have many children to look after, so they cannot give their best support to everyone whereas in small family parents can give more support to children as they have only one or two children to look after.
(iv) Family size also affects the health, especially that of the mother and the child. Frequent pregnancies can cause illness to both the mother and the children. It can disrupt the health of the women. It puts mother and baby's health at risk. So having a small family definitely leads to healthy and happy family.