Is the country going to "move in earnest"? If you can't urge three children, experts come up with "good ideas", do you agree?
1. The "Waterloo" of marriage and childbirth
Recently, I don't know if you have noticed that in the circle of friends around you, there are fewer and fewer people who show marriage certificates, and there are only a handful of them. That's right, the number of marriages and newborns in our country is continuing to decline, which is a big problem that directly affects the nerves of society.
Think about it, in the past few years, whenever you went home during the Spring Festival, the seven aunts and eight aunts surrounded you and asked, "Do you have a partner?" When will you get married? Ready to have a baby? And now, these issues seem to have become "taboo topics", and everyone tacitly avoids talking about them. Why? Because "it's hard to get married, it's even harder to give birth"!
The country is also anxious, seeing that the problem of population aging is becoming more and more serious, so it has released the two-child and three-child policies, hoping to stimulate the enthusiasm of young people for childbirth. However, the policy was liberalized, but young people did not buy it, and the number of newborn births still did not meet expectations. Now, it can make the country sad.
2. Expert Move: Restricting the Right of Inheritance of Only Children?
At this time, an economist named Ma Guangyuan stepped forward and proposed a "good idea": to limit the inheritance rights of only children.
He believed that if an only child wanted to inherit his parents' inheritance, he had to have the next generation, otherwise his inheritance rights would be restricted. This time, netizens were blown up.
Someone said: "This idea is too bad, how can having a child be linked to inheritance?" Someone else said, "This is a complete violation of personal rights, who stipulated that I must have children to inherit my parents' inheritance?" Netizens have expressed their opposition, believing that this plan is impractical and full of moral kidnapping.
In fact, this horse expert is not groundless, he proposed this plan, which is nothing more than to stimulate the fertility willingness of young people through economic means.
However, he ignored an important fact: childbearing is not a simple economic issue, it involves many aspects such as people's emotions, values, and lifestyle.
3. Why are young people reluctant to have children?
We have to think about it, why are young people not willing to have children?
First of all, housing prices are ridiculously high. Many young people can't even afford to buy their own house, let alone give their children a stable environment to grow up in. Getting married, buying a house, and having children, these three mountains overwhelm young people, where do they still have the heart to think about having children?
Secondly, the cost of raising children is also getting higher, from milk powder and diapers to education and medical care. In addition, today's children are under great competition pressure, and parents want to give their children the best educational resources and growth environment, which makes the economic pressure even worse.
Finally, the fertility pressure faced by women in the workplace cannot be ignored, and many women have to give up their jobs or reduce the intensity of work after pregnancy, which has a great impact on their career development. Moreover, some companies even discriminate against or restrict women of childbearing age, making it difficult for them to choose between career and family.
Fourth, what should I do?
Now that we've found the root of the problem, we have to find a way to solve it.
First of all, we have to reduce housing prices. The government can introduce some policies such as affordable rental housing and co-ownership housing, so that young people can afford to buy and live in housing. This way, they can reduce the financial pressure and have more energy to think about getting married and having children.
Second, reduce the cost of raising children. The government can increase investment in kindergarten education and include kindergarten education in the scope of compulsory education; At the same time, it can also reduce the medical expenses of second- and third-child families and reduce their financial burden.
Finally, it is necessary to raise the atmosphere of encouragement for childbirth in the whole society. Governments can introduce policies to encourage businesses to provide more support and protection to women of childbearing age; At the same time, the benefits and importance of childbearing can also be publicized through various channels, so that young people realize that childbearing is not only a personal matter but also a social responsibility.
V. Conclusion
To be honest, I don't agree with the "good idea" of expert Ma Guangyuan. After all, childbirth is voluntary, not forced. We must proceed from reality to solve the problem of young people's births, and we must not engage in unrealistic and crooked tactics that infringe on individual rights and interests.
In fact, our country has been aware of this problem and is actively taking measures to encourage young people to have children. As long as we all work together and work together, I believe that the future will be able to usher in a better tomorrow!