| HappySqurriel said: I don't think the population growth in developing countries has to do with education or the affordability of condoms ... You have to understand the difference in how children are seen in the developed western countries, and countries that are developing. In the developed western countries a child is (primarily) seen as a drain on your resources and anyone who has more than a couple of children is sacrificing their standard of living, in contrast in the developing world children are seen as an investment because they can start earning money at a (very) early age and will take care of you when you 'retire.' The best way to control population is to focus on develop the undeveloped countries around the world, but this is not (necessarily) easy because you will find resistance from the useless children of wealthy people who think that the lifestyle in developing nations is "quaint" and shouldn't be disturbed.
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Even for the developing countries, clearly there's a point when kids start being a drain on your resources. Otherwise, hunger wouldn't be such a big problem. For those cases, education and contraception could help.
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