There is an increasing trend around the world of married couples deciding not to have children, Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for couple who decide to do this.

It is true that there is a worldwide tendency that people who get married to decide not to have
children
. People choose it for various reasons why they want to live in
this
way, and like the two sides of a coin, there
also
are advantages and disadvantages.  There are several reasons why they choose not to have heirs. On the one hand, not having
children
can let the couples concentrate on their own life and earn more money, rising up a child is getting more expensive than the days before, but without
offspring
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couples can spend the time and money to upgrade and enjoy their life without offspring.
For example
, they can get a vacation whenever they want rather than take care of their heir.
On the other hand
,
this
can relieve women from a lot of pressure.
For instance
, they do not have to worry about possible mental illness and the concern that they will be out of shape. But there are
also
some disadvantages to not having
children
, mostly for the whole
society
. With the decreasing birth rate,
society
will be ageing. Several problems will show up,
firstly
, there will be a decline in the working population. Less human resources will limitate the productivity of
society
, and in the long ,run it will be a negative effect on economic growth.
Secondly
, the proportion of old people will increase, the
society
will afford a more expensive retirement system. The financial pressure will be increased for the young generation, not only in their family but
also
the whole of
society
. And for the couples themselves, if they change their minds later, it will be much harder to have a child after the age of 30. Both side of having
children
or not is reasonable, but in my ,opinion it will be much happier to have
children
in our lives.
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