The Population Puzzle: A Look at Population Control
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of any country in Africa regulating the number of kids families can have. Ghana for instance is a very free country. You can give birth to hundreds of kids and no one is even going to care. But the truth is, these kids end up with no future. Sometimes I ask myself why someone would give birth to a child they know they’re not capable of taking care of.
Imagine having about 25 to 30 kids with an average source of income. You’re automatically going to bring suffering to yourself and your kids at the end of the day. In the olden days our forefathers knew nothing about protection and so it makes sense if they had too many kids. But men of this generation know more about protection yet we all know how the story ends. I once heard of how one man had a fight with his wife because she asked that they do family planning and he refused, so she went behind his back to do it. He later found out and it was a whole issue on its own.
It would be this same man who would not want to do family planning and also wouldn’t be able to take care of his kids at the end of the day. Having so many children even have an effect on the woman’s health. The body needs to rest and prepare well for another pregnancy but for some women, it’s always back to back pregnancy because their men won’t make them rest.
Looking at the current economy, no one even needs to advise you to limit the number of children to have. One thing I hate with my whole being is seeing kids begging or even hawking at the roadside. I sometimes wonder where their parents are. What if something happened to these kids out here.
If you ask me, I’d totally agree to the Ghanaian government regulating the number of kids families have. This will go a long way to reduce so much burden on our economy. When you walk into the major hospitals today, the labor ward is choked to the brim. Some women have to go into labor on the floor because there’s no space for them. That’s how bad it’s becoming. The country is getting choked by the day while the economy keeps going to shit everyday. With so much pressure on our amenities as a country, I wonder how long we can keep going at this rate.
Using China as an example, they had their one child policy for so many years in order to reduce their population and stabilize their economy. When they realized things were getting better, they came out with the two child policy and then the three child policy. Looking at China today, it’s ranked as one of the richest countries in the world. It wasn’t by magic. They had to take matters into their own hands for the future of their country.
For some countries like Ghana, most of these people up there don’t really care about us. All they care about it’s being corrupt and amassing wealth for themselves and their whole generations. They don’t care about the future of their country. Even if a one or two child policy is implemented in Ghana, I wouldn’t bet my money on it that it would actually go well. It can be implemented, yes. But how are we going to ensure that everyone abides by it? That’s where the problem comes in.
To me, I think this would be a great step for my country especially in times like this. But the best we can do at the moment is hope and pray for the best.
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The funny this that those having this dozen of children are the poor 🤣🤣
That’s very true. They are those that even need to regulate the number of kids they have. But what can we say?
Hmmm you have just said the truth and the reality that has befallen us.
We just hope for the best in the future
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In order to be able to have children, good family planning is necessary at all levels, especially at an economic level, so that when the child or children are born they can have an organized family structure prepared to help them in life.
That’s very true. Some families doesn’t even know their left from their right because there are so many kids around.
That's why I say there must be good family planning
You’re absolutely right.
You are right.. I don't know why the poor choose to become poorer by raising more children they cant cater for
The poor have nothing to do than procreate😅
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STOPI don't think this can be possible, like you've said not everyone will even abide by it, you'll still see people giving birth with their normal routine. I wish this could be possible though, it would reduce the size of our population and increase our productivity.
😂😂some of us black poeple don’t want the best for ourselves, honestly
Yeah we don't, but we'd be pretending like we do😁
I tell you.😂
I think I can defend our forefathers on having so many children because training kids back then wasnt much of a stress the way it is now. The thing you just have to do is to give them instruction and set them on the right part to live. Also, sending them to farm was a way to set a future for them.
Currently, training up a kids requires money from the day the kid is born which many people refuse to consider before bring kids to the world. There countries in africa that i believe control child birth in their country unlike most country in the west africa side. Its sad to see people bring in kids to this world and they dont take care of them.
😂😂did you go to farm?
I think it all has to do with evolution as you have stated, times have changed yet we do not want to change to meet the standards.
Yes na, I went to the farm in 1920s.
You know I am a very old being so you should understand.
Well, some people in power arent ready for the change neither are some lay men
😂😂😂if you went to farm you won’t even be here saying it. Carry your matter away.
😁😁😁😁I am here for you na, Have you forgotten so fast
😂😂abeg
Funny enough, it's always people who can't take care of their kids that always have so many of them. It's beginning to look like a state of mind more than anything. Bringing kids into the world when they know they don't have the resources to take care of them.
It’s difficult to understand some of these things until you are in that position. The best we can do is hope for the best
The truth is, our forefathers had large families but managed to provide for them. As I've learned from elders, it was a great shame for a family to lack basic necessities like food, clothing, and shelter. Today, we have strayed from their ways of ensuring food security through farming and have instead focused on white-collar jobs. However, these jobs often do not benefit us as much as we think; they simply keep us trapped in a rat-race
That’s very right. We need to go back to our roots and put things in the right place.
I don't know the problem of the poor people when they know that they can't cater for many children then why are they giving birth to them.
I don't know the problem of the poor people when they know that they can't cater for many children then why are they giving birth to them.
I believe some of these people are uneducated and they have no idea about protection and family planning
And it’s always the poor people having plenty children. It just doesn’t make any sense
As they will say, it will soon make sense.😂😂😂