You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 250 words.

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People
nowdays
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definitely get married later than
the
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in the
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past. Currently,
new
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word 'Dink'
showed
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has shown
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up, which means
people
who chose not to have
the
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children. Siblings were common when I was young, but
nowdays
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, I can come across only
child
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children
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more often. In my opinion, having a
baby
have
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more disadvantages than advantages. We will illustrate the reason why
people
chose
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choose
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not to
having
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have
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a
baby
in
this
essay. First of all, Individualism gets stronger than before. Some
people
says
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the happiest thing in the world is having
a children
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children
a child
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, but
this
quote does not have strong empathy
nowdays
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nowadays
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. Modern
socienty
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society
has sufficient resources than before
due to
rapid
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the rapid
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evaluation of technology and
environment
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.
People
do not need to depend
to
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on
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each other and each life of
individual
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an individual
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gets more focused.
Secondly
, living expenses rise extremely, which means expenditures
of
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for
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growing
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raising
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up
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children rise too. In South Korea,
overall
costs for education until university costs 100,000,000 KRW to 400,000,000 KRW. As
global
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the global
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economic
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has been not growing
since
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in
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last
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decades,
this
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the
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high costs of education burden the
parents
.
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but not
the
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least, brides and brooms are older than before. The appropriate
age
for safe pregnancy is before 36. In South Korea, the average
age
of marriage is approximately 35, which illustrates marriage
age
gets
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definitely older compared to
past
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the past
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,
referring
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my
parents
married
30
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at 30
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years old. Latency of marriage
age
makes
pregant
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pregnancy
difficult, which leads to
parents
decide
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deciding
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not to
having
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have
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a
baby
. Of
course
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course,
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there are significant advantages
with
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to
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having a
baby
. You could be a better person by learning
patiency
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patience
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and responsibility.
However
, without social or government support,
parents
will hesitate to
having
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have
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a
baby
.
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task achievement
Clarify and expand on your main points to directly address both parts of the question: why people decide to have children later and if the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages. Your essay focuses mainly on reasons against having children but lacks balance in discussing the advantages.
coherence cohesion
Organize your essay more effectively by clearly separating paragraphs and introducing your main points in the introduction. Additionally, conclude your essay by summarizing your arguments and stating your opinion more clearly regarding whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
task achievement
Provide more specific examples from your own experience or from a broader societal context to support your arguments. Your essay would benefit from a more detailed exploration of both the advantages and disadvantages of having children later in life.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Delayed parenthood
  • Financial stability
  • Career aspirations
  • Personal development
  • Mature parenting
  • Established careers
  • Health risks
  • Decreased energy levels
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