More people decided to have children in their later age than in the past. Why? Do advantages of this outweigh disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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The increasing number of people who had made their minds to
postbone
hold back to a later time
postpone
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to have children than previous generations had
became
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become
so due to the increasing pressure of
work loads
work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
workloads
that
corperations
a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
corporations
lay on them as employees. Of course, to raise a child with better financial conditions is an obvious advantage, but that’s not going to win the
wisle
English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788)
Wesley
aginst
in contact with
against
the greedy desire of wanting for more, which is a human nature. As graduate students joined
labor
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labour
market year after year, generation after generation, the very idea that one must to
suceed
attain success or reach a desired goal
succeed
as soon as possible is reinforced by the vast media exposing people like Mark Zagerbug and Bill
Gates who
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Gates, who
both achieved
high point
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a high point
in life at
young age
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a young age
the young age
, for which people nurture their world view
torwards
near
towards
toward
the importance of working is far
urgent
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more urgent
than raising a child. One can be
protried
extend out or project in space
protruded
as an investment for the future, another one can be
seem
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
seen
as a trap set for a boring life. The advantage and disadvantage of those world views effects on people’s decision on when they will have children are clear. On the one hand, people will be more
competant financially
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competent, financially
competent financially
to raise kids, as if they were 20 years ago when they just start
accumlating
get or gather together
accumulating
money. In fact, in 20 years, some people may
had
Suggestion
have
brough
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
brought
a house and have
decent amount
Suggestion
a decent amount
of savings that can raise a child and not to worry about all kinds of extra expenses.
On the other hand
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, the disadvantage is that people may choose to not to have children at all, because the current
life-style
a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
lifestyle
fits their expectations
perfectely
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
perfectly
, for any extra person added into the relationship may not be something they want, simply because the extra expenses they will face by having the children may need them to
down grade
rate lower; lower in value or esteem
downgrade
their current
life-styles
a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
lifestyles
lifestyle
. I think disadvantage will out-win advantage simple because human nature is hard to beat.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • delaying parenthood
  • financial stability
  • career advancement
  • personal goals
  • higher education
  • fertility treatments
  • relationship stability
  • health care improvements
  • personal development
  • postponing children
  • achieve milestones
  • family planning
  • modern society
  • life expectancy
  • paternal and maternal age
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