Some Effects of Being Ignorant of Family Planning.

This topic is a very important topic because it effects reflects on every family, community, society, country and the whole world at large. The knowledge of this has helped my families, societies and countries but the ignorance also has done many harms to people. It is expedient that this topic becomes a general knowledge to every individual out there; should be taught very early to teens and youth so they can grow up knowing the effect of family planning. Every couple should agree on the number of children they want and the spacing between when they plan to have these children.

Birth control doesn't exist in my country ( it is not even close to top 20 on the list of what's happening in the nation in a time like this). I don't think I'd support birth control depending on the rules backing it up. But one thing I am so sure of is that family planning is needed in my country, many couples get into marriage before they realised that they didn't plan, discuss and agree on the major things about family before getting into marriage. Though, some cases can be corrected but it is better when you know before you have your own family.

Hundreds of decades ago, it is common to give birth to many in some part of Africa. There are several meanings to it. It was a symbol of pride to have plenty children around you, it used to mean more farm power on the family farm, it used to be a means to get money, etc. Some just see it as norms to have at least 6 children upward. My grandpa 7 children with his first wife but I am not sure about the children he had with his second wife.

When I was way younger, I had friends who were 5, 6 or 7 children in their family while we were just three children in my family. This set of families, I realised that they weren't doing so well financially but still had many children. The children visit other houses they frequent to eat most times and I am glad my parents were very welcoming, fed them when they had the capacity to. There was this particular man who has about 3 children; the children had to find other means to survive on their own by helping people cut their grasses or do other jobs to get money.

Their parents aren't doing well at all, but guess what.... they still had another child again, making 4. These children had been into countless troubles because they just wanted to eat and survive, it is stealing, lying, getting caught, arrested by soldiers, etc. All these happened to them because their parents didn't have a knowledge of family planning. They had a total of 6 children when they left our community years ago. Oh... those kids were not always respected by most people, even amongst their mate and in school, everyone knew who they were. I could only imagine how they feel. (The girl among them got impregnated at a very early age, was about 15 years I think and the father remained unknown.)

The story about this family over shows some of the effects of being ignorant about family planning. It could destroy a home.

1. Good family planning helps to maintain the family's finance, helping the parents avoid spending way more than they should.

2. Parents can focus more and have more time with the children. Lesser children increases the chance of being able to care more for the children and other family activities.

3. There is a higher probability that children from parents who had good family plan will turn out more good, reducing the numbers of diet-deficient children and wandering children in the society.

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