The ancestors once left a proverb of "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great", but in today's society, the crisis of "cutting off children and grandchildren" seems to have become uncared for. More and more young people are choosing to postpone or give up childbearing altogether, which has become a serious social phenomenon.
In the past, childbearing was a big deal for any family. Whoever has a child who does not marry and have children will be regarded as an outlier. Nowadays, however, the younger generation is indifferent to the continuation of incense, and some even see it as a burden.
This change in the concept of childbearing reflects the profound change in the value orientation of contemporary society.
Different from the traditional culture of the past, which emphasized the inheritance of the family lineage, the current generation of young people attaches more importance to personal pursuit and self-realization. In their eyes, childbirth consumes a lot of time and energy, interrupts career development, and seriously affects the quality of life.
Therefore, many young people choose to focus on their careers and enjoy a free and easy single life. The rise of this celibacy ideology has directly led to a decline in the willingness to have children.
But the root cause of postponing or abandoning childbearing comes from increasing social pressure from all sides. Today's young people are generally faced with precarious jobs and limited economic conditions.
High housing prices have made many young people who have just entered the society sigh that they cannot afford to buy a house or raise their children. In this environment, childbearing has undoubtedly become a luxury.
In the face of the dilemma of the continuous decline in the fertility rate, we should start from many aspects. First of all, it is necessary to increase policies to support women's employment and career development, so that they can reduce the burden of childbirth, and at the same time, it is necessary to establish various welfare measures for families with newborns, and encourage childbirth through economic subsidies and other means.
In addition, gender equality education should be strengthened, traditional prejudices should be eliminated, and women can choose to have children or pursue careers according to their wishes.
Of course, policy alone will not solve the problem at its root. It is also necessary to change people's perceptions with the help of ** propaganda and make them aware of the social significance of childbirth.
At the same time, it is also necessary to improve the construction of public facilities, so that childcare will no longer become a separate burden for families. It is only when we work together with the public to make child-rearing a collective responsibility that the younger generation regains their confidence in childbearing.
In this way, the root cause of the decline in fertility is the change in the overall social environment and atmosphere. We need to work together to create a more nurturing society while respecting individual choices, and this requires a concerted effort from all walks of life. Let us work together to meet the challenges of demographic dividend transformation, prosper families and prosper society.