Many parents (mostly women) decide to stay home and take care of the family members instead of going out for work. Some people suggest that they should be paid by the government for doing that. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include examples from your own experience.

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The past decades have seen there was increasing awareness of woman's rights;
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, some maintained that
housewifes
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
housewives
housewife
should be paid by the
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for their job,
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as taking care of the family.
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essay,
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, will argue that considering
housewifes
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
housewives
housewife
as a position is not appropriate, and my reasons are twofold. Admittedly, especially feminists can argue that they sacrifice opportunities of employment in order to take care of the family members;
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, the reason why the fertility rate remains low is a lack of
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's help,
laking
inadequate in amount or degree
lacking
income resources contributing to a lower lives
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.
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, it is groundless to argue that a lower fertility and a lower lives
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can be attributed
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to lack
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's funding. One indisputable reason is that the fertility rate is not as low as those people say in some countries, though the countries did not pay for them. One obvious example is that in China rural most people's income relies on self-reliance,
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as farming or hunting;
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, the number of people is the factor affecting their income resource. More people means that more food and a higher life
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, but some may argue
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the only example that
explains the phenomenon in rural villages.
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, another reason why
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should not pay for them is that in plenty of counties there have been a sufficient subsides to assist a family having babies and living in cities.
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, paying should be out of
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the question
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, the subsides is not enough to support a whole family, but at least it can remain a certain life
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in cities. In conclusion, subsides and self-reliance are my main reasons, believing that governments should not pay for them.
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