Encouraging parenthood
- Developing pronatalist policies
Description
Encouraging parenthood involves implementing policies and initiatives that support individuals and couples in having and raising children. This strategy addresses declining birth rates and demographic imbalances by providing practical remedies such as financial incentives, parental leave, accessible childcare, and family-friendly workplace policies. Its core intent is to reduce barriers to parenthood, promote family stability, and ensure sustainable population growth, thereby strengthening social and economic resilience in communities facing population decline or aging demographics.
Claim
Human beings are the most valuable factor of production. Those who do not contribute to reproducing this key factor of production should have drastically fewer pension entitlements than those who both save and propagate.
Most of the developed world is now in need of pronatalist policies.
Counter-claim
It is crude materialism to consider procreation in purely economic terms and as a key to sustaining the future output of the economy.
Encouraging parenthood is a reactionary product of certain religious beliefs (notably Catholicism) or nationalism.
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Problem
SDG
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
- Development » Development
- Policy-making » Policy
- Society » Maternity, paternity
Content quality
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Language
English
1A4N
J8567
DOCID
12085670
D7NID
194455
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Last update
Jan 3, 2023