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I think it was Sweden which introduced a number of incentives to try and encourage professional couples (or individuals) to have children (or more children).

Well, generally, the most important thing is flexible maternity and paternity conditions. The UK seems pretty okay in that regard.

Da Boss wrote:The whole "argh we need to stop them breeding" debate is incredibly complex. I agree that it's a massive problem, but almost every solution to it I can think of involves far too much intrusion of the government into individual's lives, or the creation of horrific conditions and tragedies for the innocent children in question (if their parents are cut off from benefit).

This is true. if only people would be more responsible and stop having children they can't afford, and start raising their children to have good values. What a better place the world would be.

mattyrm wrote:Charles Darwin must be spinning in his grave when doctors and teachers and scientists are dying childless or only having the one kid, but lager lout, foul mouthed career doleys who chain smoke and have an IQ of 65 have ten kids.

LMAO, this made me laugh so much, I kinda wanna post it as my facebook status.

Da Boss wrote:Well, generally, the most important thing is flexible maternity and paternity conditions. The UK seems pretty okay in that regard.

Hah!

UK paternity leave is a joke.

Most new fathers work harder and put in longer hours after the birth of a child. It's keyed by the responsibility for the household budget, because their wives have stopped working (if they ever did).

No-one takes anything like the paternity leave theoretically available to them.

Things aren't much better on the maternity side, unless you work for a big company like Sony or Virgin Atlantic.

SilverMK2 wrote:..................................

We also need to find some way of breaking the chavcycle.

What one of these?

Kilkrazy wrote:Things aren't much better on the maternity side, unless you work for a big company like Sony or Virgin Atlantic.

Or public services like the NHS... and are on any band above "peon" apparently...