As compared to the past, people nowadays are choosing to have fewer children than their parents and grandparents. Describe some of the problems that having fewer children can cause and suggest at least one possible solution.

Western societies are known for low birth rates. While a couple of generations back,couples often had four or more

children

, the average today hovers around one or two. Having fewer

children

may require additional help from outside the immediate family and slower developmental growth for their youngest additions, though the trend could be reversed by changing how

families

are represented. When

parents

have fewer

children

, the need for support from outside the nuclear family increases while development tends to slow. For working

parents

, a younger only-child may require another guardian from extended family, a friend of the

parents

’, or even daycare.

This

can be a burden in terms of others’ time and energy

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or a family’s finances in the latter case. An older sibling,

however

, could

instead

handle babysitting responsibilities.

Additionally

, younger siblings often model older brothers and sisters. Younger

children

often learn to walk faster, talk faster, and achieve other milestones more quickly in these situations. While certainly not the end of the world if a child grows up alone,

parents

eager to get past some of the early hurdles may wish for

such

an example. Encouraging

parents

to have more kids would

firstly

require changing how

families

are represented in the media. People's attitudes are influenced very much by indirect messages, even from the shows they watch.

For example

, if the

families

they stream on the screen usually consist of one or two

children

, it could be associated with the norm. As in the case of the youngest internalizing the behaviour of their older siblings, surrounding viewers with larger model

families

could potentially increase the number of kids they consider as standard. In conclusion, many

families

today stop at one or two

children

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but need additional support.

Additionally

, their kids may not develop as quickly in certain areas. By incorporating larger

families

in the media,

however

, the trend could be reversed.