Family Planning

Introduction:

Population is increasing at alarming rate in Third World countries. Family Planning is an attempt to harmonize the size of a family according to the means available. It means planning a family in such a way as the number of its members does not increase much.

Family planning is the need of the hour:

In family planning, we try to see whether the income of a family is enough for its needs. We also see whether the house or rooms occupied by the family are enough for its use. If the size of the family is quiet small, we can allow an increase in the number. But if the size of the family is large we suggest a check on its growth.

Some advantages of big families:

There is no doubt some advantages of a large family.

Firstly: 

First of all, the members of such a family can look after anyone who falls ill in the family. They may not have the need of keeping servants. The members of a large family can play some games together in free time. They can discuss different matters of life with one another. They can also advise and help one another in difficulties.

Secondly:

Grown up members of a large family can increase its income by doing work in offices, banks, etc. or through business. They may be able to increase their income with the increase in the size of the family. So they may not feel the need of family planning.

Disadvantages of big families:

Their are some disadvantages of big families.These are given below:

Firstly,generally it is not possible to increase the income of a family with an increase in its size. Then it also becomes difficult for a family to provide additional rooms to its new members. It is very difficult in a thickly populated country to get proper jobs or work.

Family planning or limiting the size of a large family is quite necessary. A large family without enough income lives in great difficulty. Its members cannot have a proper food, clothes or medicines. Its children cannot get proper education in good schools.

In developing countries, family planning is quite useful. The income of such a country is not enough to satisfy a large population. The increase in its income should always be greater than the increase in its population. Family planning can check the growth in population and thus can make the condition of the people better.

Late marriages can reduce the birth rate in the country. The medicines provided to married people by the family planning department for checking births can also check the birth-rate.

Awareness about the need of family planning:

Family planning by the people themselves should be encouraged. For this, the people should be educated well. They should have a greater chance of getting jobs with good salaries or wages. They should have a great number of places for recreation. Then they would be sensible enough to have a lesser number of children.

Efforts to have family planning in the country will not succeed unless the majority of people in city and villages are educated and prosperous. It is the poor and uneducated people who often have highest number of children.