Another of the faces of the crisis is the birth crisis. The birth rate in Spain presents its worst figures since 2003. The Statistics National Institute reveals that fewer and fewer children are born in our country (the number of births drops by 3%) and each time they are later (over 31 years old). High unemployment rates, the aid reduction or the performance cut These are some of the factors that cause these figures. And among so many numbers and statistics, I have a question: is it possible to have a child in these times?
As we can see in the graph, it is true that since 1999 a baby boom in terms of births in Spain since since 1975 births have been declining in our country. We currently have the same gross birth rate than the one we had in the 90s.
Days before I started looking for this information, returning home by bus I had two twenty-something boys by my side, when I heard that one said to the other: We cannot say that "live from your parents until you can live on your children", in any case we will live on our parents until we can ... because of having children ... . He left that in the air as if he did not want to mention the obvious: how difficult it is for young people to consider the fact of having a child in these times or for those who are no longer so young to consider giving a little brother to his firstborn.
Currently in our country we live the opposite of the phenomenon known as Baby boom, we could call it Baby plof, something that in the future may be dangerous: there will be more and more aging population, which means that a State cannot stay afloat if there are more retirees than paid workers. Reducing aid and making it difficult for young people to have children can be bread for today and hunger for tomorrow: yes, the state saves, but it will have to pay dearly in the future.
Although other theories suggest that precisely this is what should happen: reduce the number of children per family. The world is overcrowded and resources are scarce, currently, the human being (at least in the West) no longer has to worry about problems such as pests or wars that used to decimate the population, something good for us but that affects the world in The one we live
Beyond the figures are the people
Despite this, nobody wants to be the person who, thinking about the scarce resources of our planet, decides not to have a child or deprives himself of giving a brother to the one he already has, because the model of society China One child per family is not ideal in our culture. And yes, the figures are not encouraging, but seeing them I have reached a conclusion: my parents had me and my grandparents my parents and my great grandparents my grandparents ... are these times more difficult than periods of wars and interwar that many of our relatives lived?
Is it really impossible to get a child ahead in these times? Or maybe my generation, that of the twenties and thirties, has become comfortable because so far we have had everything and we have become unresolved people.
In short, bringing a baby to the world has never been a simple task, it is a high cost and is a great responsibility. So far nothing new, I imagine that you, readers of Babies and More you will know much better than me, but it is sad that a generation (my generation) doubts or considers giving up motherhood for economic reasons because I think we are not aware of what we are really giving up: my father once told me something that it was recorded in my memory and it was that when I was born, his life changed completely, he forgot himself in part to live for and for another person and since then that “I” ceased to exist and became forever a “we " I am not willing to miss that experience.
Parents of Babies and More, Are any of you thinking of giving up a second child for the times? Any advice for my generation?
