Since 2016, the mainland has been calling on families within their capacity to have a few more children, and even for families with multiple children to give a certain policy tilt, but the results are not very satisfactory, one-child families still account for a large part, but these people may face some pension problems after growing up, in response to this situation, the state has introduced some policies in time to alleviate their pressure.
The cost of raising children is high
Although the mainland has long opened up the second and third children, according to relevant statistics, the situation of only one child in the family still accounts for the vast majority.
First of all, in the first few years of the child's birth, parents will often get up in the middle of the night in order to take care of their children, which will seriously affect their work life. Even if there are older generations of people to take care of, the parents' private space will be squeezed to a great extent.
In addition, the expenditure required during the child's growth is also relatively high. Milk powder, education and daily life all need to be paid for by parents, and according to relevant statistics, the expenditure on raising a child from an early age is at least in millions. And, if a family has two or three children, the expenses tend to be ridiculously high.
In addition, if you are giving birth to a boy, the bride price and caravan at the time of marriage still require a lot of money, so the expenditure is very high for the birth and adoption of children.
Advantages and disadvantages of only children
For only children, what they get from an early age is all the love of their parents. The education, food and drink are the best that parents can provide, and there is no sense of gap in the heart without another child to compare. Under the same economic conditions, the living environment of the only child must be better than that of the second child and the third child.
From this point of view, it seems that the second child and the third child are particularly unworthy, a child can enjoy a better education, and the pressure of parents is relatively small. However, they need to face higher problems in adulthood.
The most important of these is the issue of old-age care. Only children will always have their own time to start a family, then they will also have their own children, when the husband and wife have a child below, and there are four elderly people above, and they are busy with work. If the elderly child has a disease, the only child is likely to be separated.
Benefits and subsidies
Just when the only child felt that he was extremely difficult, the state extended a helping hand to them, and in the face of the call of the society, the state decided to give the only child a certain economic subsidy, and also formulated three welfare policies to help the only child better solve the problem.
According to the policy requirements, only children can enjoy up to three weeks of paid leave to cope with unexpected situations where their parents have physical problems but no one can take care of them; considering the cost of the only child's pension allows them to pay less tax; they can give the only child a certain amount of extra points for the college entrance examination, of course, only a few regions can enjoy it.
Of course, this benefit is not available to everyone, only those who meet the following three criteria can: only one child, once there is a second child, the benefits will be cancelled; the child must be born before 2016; must go through the necessary procedures to obtain the only child certificate issued.
With only one child or multiple children, each family will have its own choices. Bitter before sweet or sweet after bitter, it is just a different way for each person to choose. What we need to do is to be able to take care of our parents as we look forward to their aging parents, and to our own children, we do our best to secure their lives.