There is an increasing trend around the world to have a small family rather than a large family. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a small family rather than a large family?

In recent times, there has been a move towards having small family

unit

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as opposed to

large family

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a large family

large families

. The exigencies of the modern times

has made

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have made

it so given that small family is easier to run and maintain and its cost effective

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it has its drawbacks. A typical small families consist of a mother, father and a 

child

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or two children.

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small size of

family

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a family

is beneficial because its easy to run and maintain. The cost of school fees, feeding and taking

care

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of the basic necessities of a

child

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has greatly increased in recent times. Small family

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becomes desirable as the parents can easily train their

child

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to any educational level thereby giving them

quality education

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a quality education

and can

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afford to provide quality lifestyle for their

child

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.

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the government will benefit from the small

unit

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of

family

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the family

as the

child

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support the government provides for each

child

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will be less and the social amenities will not be over stretched. 

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, while small family

unit

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is attractive, it can have

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of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

negative impact on the population of a country as the population will decrease in the long run.

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increase in small family

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will lead to less workforce and labour.  As the parents

gets

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get

older, the younger population may not be enough to fill in the vacancies and labour requirements left by the older generation and

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in turn will affect the economy of the country negatively.

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, the life of a

child

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is not guaranteed and if

peradventure

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a parent loses their only

child

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,

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can be traumatic and will render the parents childless and if 

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child

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the child

grows and decides not to take

care

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of his/her parents,

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can

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send the parents to an early

grave especially

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grave, especially

in our African setting where there are no facilities to take

care

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of old people and parents rely on their children to take

care

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of them.  In conclusion, though a small sized family is desirable, it can lead to low

work force

the force of workers available

workforce

in the long

run which

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run, which

will affect the economy and the parents stands a greater risk of being childless if they lose their only

child

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.