Thursday, December 2, 2010

Persuasive Writing Prompt #8- Family Size

A few decades ago, many families had half a dozen or more children. Nowadays, more and more families are choosing to have only one or two children. Are smaller families better that larger ones? Why or why not? State your position and support it with specific reasons and examples.

Decades ago families used to have half a dozen or more children. Everything changed, now the ideal family count in America includes four members. I understand that with big families comes great responsibility. I believe that smaller families are more convenient nowadays. It is up to the parents they are the ones who will take the responsibility and the burden, but I believe a smaller family is better to take care.

It is more convenient to have a smaller family because that way the parents will spend less money and have more money to save up for the things they need. In some cases parents do not have enough money to buy things that their children might need or want, so imagine if you had a big family. It would be hard for the parents to get the money to get each of their children something. That money that the parents can save up can be used for when they attend college in the future, bills they have to pay or anything else important that they need to pay. Your wallet will never go empty and you will be able to provide what you family needs.

The economic crisis had hit many Americans hard. Many people have lost their jobs and they are now homeless. Imagine if you were in these people's shoes with a family of six children or more? What would you do? It would be terrible to be in that situation. People are barely surviving with whatever they make at their job. They mostly only have enough to pay for the bills and maybe rent and food. Think of all the things your children might need, then multiply them by the number of kids you have. I do not even want to figure it out because I know it is going to cost you a lot of money from your wallet. It is better to think it twice before you decide to have a lot of children.

Having fewer kids will also help the parents have less problems. Parents will be able to keep track of all of their children easier if they only have like one or two children. This also means that if they need to go somewhere it will not be hard because you only have a few children and you will get the job done faster. Everything will be more quickly done and parents will be able to keep track of where their kids are at. The fewer the children, the less problems for the parents.

Parents should think about having a lot of children twice. It is best that they have a smaller family because it will be more convenient for them in many ways. Big families come with great responsibility, so it is up to the parents if they want to have a larger family. Everyone is different and prefer to have different things. But for me smaller families are a better choice over larger families.

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