Population explosion in India is one thing that has been of concern to me all through my life. For any social problem(poverty, unemployment, pollution, environment exploitation, etc), the root cause is almost always Population Explosion.
When I knew that in countries like Singapore, the government gives incentives to families with more children, I always wondered how to bring about a population balance in the world.
When people migrate from India to other parts of the world, we can consider it as some means of population distribution. But what worries me is the fact that Indian couples who would have had just one kid if they were in India, think differently when they go abroad. One common excuse I hear is 'The kid will be lonely'. It maybe true that if there are 2 kids, they might give company to each other. However, this is not always true. Kids tend to spend more time with their friends as they get older. Also, in single child families, the kid finds a friend in his/her parents.
So why bother to have more than one kid. Some people may like to have more kids at home, why can't such parents consider adoption? When there isn't enough resources for the existing population, when we have failed to give our children a better world to live in, why are we neglecting those children who are in-need?
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