Are children a blessing?
Rebuttals 0%(Counter Argument )
1) Government
implemented 5- day work-
week / more pro- family
policies/ grandparents can
take care of the children.
2) Government gives
subsidies to promote child-
bearing.
3) Money can always be
earned but for children, you
cannot have them once you
past your child- bearing
age.
4) There will be a change in
culture as there is an
unbalance between male
and female proportions.
100%(Argument )
1) Social
- Parents have no time to
take care of their children
- A hindrance to career-
minded individuals.
2) Economy
- It costs a lot to bring up
children before they can
contribute back to society.
3) Social/ Culture
- Females are less wanted
in certain cultures.
Limitations of
1) Social/ Economy
- Support the family. (e.g.
for retired parents, their
children can go out to work)
2) Cultural
- Continue family lineage.
(e.g. passing on of cultural
practices of an ethnic
group)
3) Moral/Social
- Able to take care of the
aged.
- Security during old age.
4) Religious
- Children are gifts from
God.
5) Security
-More manpower is required
to defend the country.
6) Politics/ Social
- Children will grow up to be
future leaders of the nation.
Argument
1) Children can be a burden
when they are not ready to
support.
2) Female babies do not
pass on family line, only
cultural practices.
3) Most young people have
the tendency to send the
elderly to nursing homes.
4) Not everyone subscribe
to the same beliefs.
5) None.
6) Only if they were brought
up well.
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