When it comes to family planning, the majority of Africans find it difficult. It's too sad to see that unwanted pregnancies occur in a lot of marriages as they occur outside of marriage. It's become so bad that the only thing some people do in marriage is give birth until the sweetest in marriage dies. Well, I'm not here to talk about marriages, however in my opinion I feel since a lot of couples can not plan their families, regulations should be set to ensure family planning. At first, such regulations could look hard on the citizens, but I think these are the kinds of things a lot of Africans, especially Nigerians, need to be careful of. Some couples shouldn't even be giving birth at all, because they do not have the financial and mental capacity to care for a child.
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Imagine a couple who can hardly feed themselves giving birth to seven children. At the end of the day, they put these children into child labour and end up raising touts with no love and care which will end up terrorizing society. If we can find a way to control how children are born, I think we will be able to save the future generation from poverty. The issue with family planning is that a lot of people lack this awareness, and even when they are aware they find it difficult to control it because they feel they are free to do whatever they want since it's not against the law. So this means that when such people know that giving birth to children you can't raise is against the law, they will do whatever it takes to avoid it.
It's a natural phenomenon that exists in humans. Fear has a greater chance of making people do whatever you want them to do than motivation. For example, in Nigeria, it has long been said that throwing the Nigerian Naira on the floor and stepping on it is considered an abuse of the Naira. But a lot of people do it because the awareness wasn't enough and it was used as a form of pride to whoever owns the money. But when the news started reporting about celebrities who were arrested and suffered some months in prison because they abused the naira, even illiterates got the message loud and clear. This shows that the government has regulatory power over its citizens and if there is any right way to enforce them, it's in this scenario.
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The issue with my country Nigeria is that a lot of our regulations, policies and laws are disregarded by even those in power making it hard for citizens to obey them. Imagine a country whose president is already polygamous because of religion and way of life. Having a lot of kids will definitely be hard to control. My issue here is not even with being polygamous, my issue is with birthing children you're incapable of raising. This is why I feel if the government put up regulations about parenting and childbearing unwanted pregnancies will be reduced by a large margin with not only the married, but also the unmarried.
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Very true. If the government can't obey the laws they made it's of no use to the citizens also. Now you see politicians, high chiefs and highnesses having children outside from there home.
Well they know they can't even help it which makes more difficult to set it as a law.
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That's the truth sha.
One of the major aims of marriage on our African brain is to born, born and born until menopause
Imagine the kind of harsh weather those seven kids will be exposed to, it's best to have a little one can walk around to care for without going too far in thinking, some of the kids who are not cared for are exposed to lots of danger and all that.
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Yes that's very correct. Thanks for stopping by
The only thing some people know in marriage is to just born o nothing else. And those people that doesn't have anything tangible to do are the ones populating the society, I don't just know their problem.
It's better to have few kids and care for them adequately than have many and turn them to scavengers
Definitely it is l... But many people will not hear word
Unfortunately, children have no choices to be born because if they did, they'd probably prefer to stay unborn than to be born into homes that cannot cater for them
That's the thing with the laws. It's either those in the higher-ups disregard the rules or there would not be fairly. In this pir country, I don't know how birth control regulations will take effect. If it would, then that would be after so many years
Hehe... The government will need to change first
Putting up a law in a country with poor implementation and disregard for that law is a sheer waste of time. In addition, poor enforcement is also a challenge. I think the root cause such as poverty, wrong believes, religious/ethnicity biases or excesses, failed leadership should be addressed. Population is not the problem, but what to engage them positively with through proper planning by family and government is the main point. Check China and Asian generally who are the most populous and how they turned to in terms of innovation. Also check Europe who brought this family downsize based on the need as at that time and what they are battling with now. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
You're right, thanks for stopping by
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