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Nowadays, when it comes to young people, the hot topic is either marriage or having children.
But for today's young people, getting married and having children are no longer as simple as in previous eras.
With the progress of the country and the change of thinking, young people's concept of fertility is no longer simply born;
It is to be born responsible for him and give him a better life.
In short, today's parents are really heartbroken in order to raise a child, and the energy, time, and even expenses spent in the middle are not cheap.
As many young people say, "I don't want to give birth, I can't afford it, I dare not give birth." ”
Coupled with other external factors, the current mainland population aging and low birth rate have created problems such as serious aging.
Current situation of the population of the mainland
Up to now, the current population situation of the mainland, the birth rate of newborns is far lower than the mortality rate.
The aging of the population is serious, and there are more and more elderly people.
In the 2022 census, there were 280 million elderly people over 60 years old on the mainland, and it is expected to grow to 400 million by 2035.
At the same time, the birth rate of newborns on the mainland is decreasing year by year. In 2022, the birth rate of newborns in mainland China hit a record low, with the birth rate falling to more than 9.5 million.
This data is also the first negative population growth in the mainland in 61 years.
Although the state has repeatedly adjusted its birth policy and liberalized the two-child and three-child policies, the fertility rate on the mainland is still in a downward trend.
This phenomenon will have a tremendous impact on the mainland's future economic development and social development.
With the continuous adjustment of national policies, why are young people still reluctant to have children?
That's because the pressure of life now is too heavy, and the pressure from all sides is overwhelming.
There are already many young people who do not want to get married, let alone have children.
Unstable work
Social development is rapid, and the pace of urban life is becoming faster and faster.
Many people's jobs are also in a precarious state, and they may be fired by their bosses one day.
Therefore, many companies will have the phenomenon of "involution", and everyone is vying to do some extra work outside of their own work.
This makes everyone feel overstressed and even exhausted at work.
In addition, society has always talked about being inclusive of women.
But in the workplace, once a woman is over 25 years old, and then go to the job interview, the interviewer's first sentence is to get married? Having a baby? Have a second child? Sorry, our company is not for you. Lots and lots of things like that.
The cost of marriage is too high
In addition to work, everyone talks about young people, getting married and having children.
But now the cost of marriage is too high, and houses and cars are already necessities.
House, now the house price is really getting higher and higher, ridiculously high.
Ordinary people buy a house, relying on a salary of several thousand yuan a month, it is no exaggeration to say that they have to carry a lifetime mortgage.
Many families buy a house in order to get married, in addition to draining all the family's savings, they also owe decades of mortgages.
I finally paid a down payment, and I had to decorate my marriage, buy furniture, home appliances, and buy various household items.
A car, an ordinary car costs more than 100,000, a better car costs more than 200,000, and even more expensive.
In addition, there is also refueling, maintenance, repair, etc., a series of expenses.
In addition, although the bride price money at the time of marriage is different from place to place, it is also from 100,000 ~ 300,000, which is another big expenditure.
In addition, there are wedding ceremonies, banquets, wedding photo shoots, and even honeymoon trips. These before and after add up to a lot of money.
Calculating that getting married once will cost a huge amount of property. Therefore, some young people simply choose not to get married and become single.
There are also some young people who have taken on debts in order to get married, let alone raise another child.
Household expenses other than debt
In addition to the mortgage and car loan on his back, he also has to take care of the living expenses of the family.
The salary here has just been paid, and it has not yet covered the heat, and most of them have repaid the mortgage and car loan, and the remaining living expenses are only a little.
Every month's salary must be carefully calculated, every penny is useful, for fear that spending a little more will not be enough for the living expenses of the family.
Not to mention, if a family is sick, going to the hospital to see a doctor costs a lot of money, and even borrows money to see a doctor.
In the past, it was not popular on the Internet to say that now you can't even afford to get sick. It's enough to see how stressful life is now.
The cost of education is too high
The so-called housing, medical care, and education are the three mountains that every Chinese family currently carries.
Young people's conceptions of fertility are now changing.
Having a child is no longer just to keep him fed, clothed and warm, but to be responsible for the child.
It is necessary to ensure that children's lives are guaranteed and that children can have a good quality of life, growth and education in the future.
Therefore, we can see that many children are enrolled in various interest classes by their parents when they first enter kindergarten: painting classes, dance classes, basketball classes, speaking classes and so on.
In primary and secondary schools, in order not to let their children's grades fall behind, many parents will send their children to cram schools, or even ask tutors to give their children one-on-one tutoring.
At the university, the tuition and living expenses can cost tens of thousands or more per semester.
Some institutions have calculated that the cost of raising a child is too high, from birth to the child's 18-year-old adult, the cost is at least 500,000.
In addition, it is nothing more than all the expenses of buying a house, buying a car, etc. when the children get married;
Even in normal times, they have to supplement their small family. With a second and third child, these expenses will only double.
For all these reasons, today's young people are reluctant to get married, let alone have children.
Experts recommend letting go of the fourth child
In the face of the alarm of the mainland population, experts stood up and proposed:
It is necessary to fully liberalize the birth of "four children", so that families with conditions can have more children, and families without conditions choose not to give birth or have fewer children, all according to their own family conditions and wishes.
In this regard, many netizens said, let go of the four-child policy? The two-child and three-child policies advocated before are no longer willing to give birth.
For what this expert said, most netizens felt that this suggestion was very unreliable.
First of all, according to experts, the idea of giving the rich more children is unrealistic.
The rich have always adhered to the idea of "fewer children and better children", and they may have more children if the family's economic conditions allow.
Generally, wealthy families have only two, or even one.
In order for children to receive a good education, even if the family life is good, there will not be too many children, after all, there is not a lot of energy to cultivate.
We also know that if a family that is too rich cannot raise an excellent child, then what awaits him may be the death of the family.
In addition, even if the rich are willing to have more children, it will still not change the declining fertility rate on the mainland.
The total population of the rich on the mainland does not account for a high proportion of the total population, and most of the people in the country are still ordinary people.
And ordinary people, as mentioned above, carry too much pressure and are even more reluctant to have children.
Therefore, under such a cycle, the problem of population aging in the mainland has not been solved.
Solve the root problem
With the development of social economy and culture, the popularization of national higher education, and the gradual improvement of urbanization in society, people's thinking, production and lifestyle have undergone tremendous changes.
The previous model of marriage and childbearing is no longer available in today's society, and young people's ideas about marriage and childbearing are now extremely realistic.
Most of the young people who have received higher education are very rational, they are no longer more emotional than rational, they will be more realistic in their work, and they will find the final answer in weighing the pros and cons.
This generation demands a much higher quality of life than the previous generation. In today's society, most young people find themselves comfortable living without marriage;
In addition to being married and in huge debts, you often have to worry about trivial things and even get angry.
Marriage and childbearing are no longer mandatory for young people today, and many have abandoned them from their plans.
Young people know more about loving themselves and how to better coordinate their lives and freedom in today's social environment.
Therefore, in order to solve the problem that young people are unwilling to marry and have children, we must fundamentally solve these problems and mobilize young people's enthusiasm for childbirth, rather than blindly liberalizing the birth policy.
Reduce housing prices and prices, fundamentally solve life problems, and reduce the economic pressure of young people; Enhance career development and labor security, and reduce the work pressure of young people.
At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen social welfare security, especially the guarantee of women's career development after childbirth, and solve the problem of women's difficulty in employment after childbirth.
Only after solving the three mountains of high housing prices, expensive medical expenses and high education costs, the pressure on young people is no longer too great.
At the same time, young people have no worries about the future, so that they can better solve the problem of population fertility on the mainland.
epilogue
In order to solve the fertility problem and solve the problem of population aging faced by the mainland, we should consider from the standpoint of contemporary young people to understand the real demands of young people for marriage and life.
Only by truly entering the hearts of young people can we know what they specifically want and solve the problem fundamentally.
Instead of blindly standing in the perspective of people who have passed, accusing contemporary young people of having no sense of responsibility and living too selfishly.
On the contrary, they live too soberly and know very clearly what kind of life they want to live.
No matter what policy is implemented, it should be from the perspective of young people and let them give birth voluntarily, rather than blindly proposing policies.
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