As someone who was raised in poverty, my parents did the right choice to only have two kids. My father had 7 siblings, my mother 4. They both ended up doing manual low paying jobs because obviously their families couldn't afford education. My parents decided to break the circle of poverty. Now my brother and I are both finishing our degrees and have an obvious better future. I'm forever greatful and my heart goes to the kids that get raised in poverty.
Seems like they did a good job on that. Whatever the situation might be, dont be discouraged by the initial circumstances. Just struggle and move forward. Eventually there is a path of success to walk on. Good luck sister! U and ur parents are an inspiration!
@@empy6909 thank you! I'm not phillipino, I am from europe, but I can say for sure poverty speaks no language. Kids who get born with poor parents all face the same fate (the children of africa and india have it even worst, the below poverty line). I still have struggles but I will work hard to move forward. Wishing you all the best too❤️
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@@GrandDuchessT IQ is heritable. Europe has a general IQ of 100 while places like INDIA score on an average IQ of 80. Cognitive functions are the capital of modern societies.
sad reality is some of them are for financial purpose in short RETIREMENT PLAN hoping that at least one will succeed in life and give them a lavish life
If you have so many children how can you tend to their basic emotional needs? How can you hug them all? They have a baby and they are already pregnant with another baby and the older children have to take care for the younger.
But these “parents” are so angry, frustrated and stressed because of their poverty, single motherhood, domestic violence and having to deal with their numerous kids that all they have to offer their kids is trauma/abuse…
Yes, there is a current decline in PH birth rates. As a Filipina at 33, it’s so hard to explain to your parents/family that I never wanted kids. I’m more of scared to create and raise another human being who will not be physically and emotionally healthy because I cannot fully provide their needs than to be alone in this world. Me and my friends have the same mindset and I’m glad that PH is starting to accommodate these unconventional views. Let us all be responsible parents. Aim to be one, IF and only if, you can afford it financially, mentally and emotionally.
Also a Filipina, will be 30 next year and still no plans of settling down nor having kids. I am already having problems taking care of myself lol. Good thing my lil brother have a child. I just borrow my niece and return her when she's having tantrums lol.
Serious lack of sex education, family planning, interference from the catholic church, and poor government policies. I saw numerous street children in the Philippines than anywhere else during my South East Asia travel. It was an upsetting experience for me to see some of them beg, scheme, lie and steal like thieves. I wonder what would become of them when they reach adulthood.
also some parents push their kids to get married and have babies. Even if they shouldn’t or aren’t ready. Entertainment also glorifies finding love, so people as young as 12 or possibly younger feels the need to have a boyfriend and girlfriend. Which also leads to very young mothers.
@@bryanfuentes1452 im 26 and still have not entered a relationship. My relatives and sometimes my parents want me to have a gf and marry and have kids. I said I dont wanna end up like them who had kids and stopped studying (besides, they have spouses who are problematic and often cannot provide them good life). I dont want to repeat the poverty I experienced to my kids. It should end to me. That's why I'm building my career until have a stable income.
@@randomly_random_0 true that even my parents were asking me to look for a GF n get married soon I am 28, for me I already work in stable financial condition n already had own house, I still finding raising children were really hard, I might adopt one soon in 2 years
To answer the question, I think it's the lack of sex education & lack of support for reproductive health bill & family planning. Being a predominant Catholic/Christian country, birth control pills are discouraged & not enough information dissemination on usage of protection. Teen pregnancies are also celebrated nowadays romanticizing the "blessing" mindset instead of discouraging unprotected sex.
How religions relates to birth control? Pre-marital s*x is what Christianity discourages but not of those works with Filipinos. Religions had nothing to do with these.
@@yachishairclips2250 Nah, the "teens just HAVE to have sex, and WILL!" mindset does that. My 3 children are blessings, and I was raised with that mindset in general. Yet I managed to not need birth control as a teen, because I was taught better and had self-control. Every teen knows "what causes that" - don't do that then. It's very simple.
@@sjplus36 I just said setting stone... It is a set up for encouragement... I am not saying otherwise... The blessing mindset is setting teens to lighten up the burden of having a child way too early...
@@sjplus36 also abstinence is not realistic.... You can do that, kudos to you but most teens ain't that good in controlling their urges... And this is where proper use of contraception should be taught to kids who are not like you that could control themselves better... And prevent more cases of teenage pregnancies.. Also discouraged teenage boys (and girls) to pressure their partners to do Raw sex.... but always sex with contraception (birth pills for girls and condoms for boys).. Also, Teach them how tough pregnancy is... Remember love makes people dumb... Even reasoning ain't applicable..
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the mindset of "more kids, more people to work for the family" is still in the minds of most filipino, without considering the fact that there is no enough jobs for people and that they have nothing to feed to them and money to enroll them to school
I could observe the decline in the birth rate among women in each generation. My adoptive parents had 9 siblings each. They both came from obviously LARGE families. Unlike their parents, they only gave birth to 4 biological children and then adopted me 20 years later, which now totals 5 children. My four older siblings have a total of 7 children. One, three, one, and two child/ren respectively. So, just by looking at the pattern, there is a striking huge decline in births in each generation. 50% decline each generation in my family. I can also observe this in my friend's families. I have a friend who is an only child while his father has 7 siblings and his mother has 5, I think. So yeah, the decline is happening here too but not as fast as in other Asian nations. Primarily, the reason for this is that most Filipinos still have conservative values which may or may not be fueled by their Religious beliefs (most are Catholics), which then discourage the use of contraceptives. Yes, the lack of sex education and family planning "seminars" of the government is also to blame. Lastly, I would like to point out that most of these women who bore LITERALLY an army of children, came from poor communities. Some if not many of them are also undereducated. I hope that this practice of not practicing the use of contraceptives ends soon. Our country is choking off so many poor, undereducated, ill-mannered citizens.
Well said. The lack or insufficient sex education is probably the root cause of teenage pregnancies here. Our country being "religious" hence, "conservative" avoids discussing these matters with teenagers. Them being curious at that age and probably even more so given the level of hormones at that age then tries learn it thru experience. There's also the stigma around contraceptives because of insufficient sex education.
There are two reasons for the slow decline. The first is development China, Korea and Japan are way more developed so of course have lower birth rates. In the case of China they basically worked for generation to make their birth rates plumet and completely changed the culture around the number of kids people want. The second reason why is obviously what you said religion / culture. Compare The Philippines to Vietnam and the fertility rate is close to 1 more baby in the Philippines. But in a decade I'm sure the Philippines will be right at replacement rate.
indonesian here. aside from low education, religion and custom also playing a huge role. especially religion. we are majority muslims, so marriage and kids are almost mandatory since early 90s our govt made many policies to combat over population. they introduced "2 anak cukup" (2 childrens is enough) with family planning programs including how to manage their health, nutritions, educations, and so on. in conjunction with "wajib belajar 9 tahun" mandatory in school for 9 years atleast. we reap benefit from it because now most of us are collage graduated. we respect high education now. sadly because too many workforce, job become scarce. cant imagine if we dont have family planning program, most ppl will mostlikely has 5+ kids and make situation even worst both in economic and healthcare. fyi indonesia has 270+ millions ppl. 140m in java island alone. gudluck for you guys. stay strong
I don't think most Indonesians are college graduated. Most are probably just middle school (SMP) educated in rural areas and high school (SMA) in urban areas. This is from a 2019 study by OECD titled Education at a Glance: "Bachelor’s programmes are the most popular form of tertiary education among young adults in Indonesia: 12% of 25-34 year-olds have earned a bachelor’s degree, compared to 4% for short-cycle tertiary qualifications." Fortunately, the study also says "Young adults in Indonesia are attaining higher levels of education than before. About 26% of 25-64 year olds have attained upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education compared to 34% of 25-34 year-olds. The same pattern is found at tertiary level: about 12% of 25-64 year-olds have attained tertiary education but among the younger generation, the share has gone up to 16%, indicating a steep upward trend in attainment."
@@liongkienfai104 Not long ago BPS came to my region to surveyed each family household. Did they do that to you? If yes, lets wait for the newest statistics. Since I got bachelor degree (now doing master) and been struggling before for having a job. So, I believed higher education is on rising now. If not, how can million of freshgraduates struggling to find a job
@@liongkienfai104 why anyone goes against u? U r right bro, its impossible currently that most Indonesian got higher education, probably most r only middle-skul graduate, or even only have elementary certificate althou had the chance to enter middle school. And ur also right, it tend to happens on rural area, not on big city.
As a Filipino, I choose not to bear children. if you're barely scraping by and the government is shitty, you would think twice if having children really is happiness. My friends have the same mindset, so in another decade, we may also see a decline Philippines
Most middle class people think the same now. I have one daughter and a 2nd child is a big NO. If middle class people opt to be childless or just have 1 child, the only ones who will birth new babies are those from the poor class. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think it's a mixture of conservativism, parents not being open to their kids about sex education, making it a taboo, unspoken topic and also poor sex education in general.
@rantpage it’s okay to have three kids if u have money. But that depends on the person. My mindset is not like Filipinos. No bias or racism. I have a life I prefer.
@rantpage generally speaking it’s not advisable to have more than 3 kids. Any country, not advisable. Me in my country, I having a wealthy life, also help others in need but not worrying too many kids, it’s difficult handling properties, businesses if you have more than 3 siblings.
What worries me is the birth rate in the Philippines may be decreasing, but the number of teenage pregnancies are also increasing. This is a real problem.
@@Moss_piglets what do you mean they don't have that problem? Data and study says otherwise. Even with a quick observation to their local health community units, you would be able to observe how many teenagers compared to able adults are pregnant. Also, regardless of that, they should be able to feed and house their children if they're a responsible parent. We shouldn't be stating the obvious.
This the result of the cultural shift of attitude towards teens having babies from being ostracized for having kids way too young to being almost close to "it is expected" or the normalcy... which is actually not good especially when the couple and their families are struggling to meet ends..
More and more millenials and gen z who belong to the middle class are either not wanting a child or just want to have one. The only contributors to the population increase in the next 20 years are from the lower class. Yaikz
It’s pretty clear that most young people who are having more kids are from poor backgrounds and there is a lack of education in general. A lot of the people interviewed who are educated do not want more than two kids and they want them once they are financially stable. Every country have their own sets of problems I don’t think anyone should be judging anyone else but unfortunately that’s not possible.
@@diggs5518 If you look at older generations, they usually have more than 5 children. While today, it's usually just 3 kids maximum. And if you look at the statistics, the birth rate dropped the lowest recorded in decades.
Lack of exposure to sex education, stuck up mindset, takes the issue as a personal attack, no family planning, and the worst? If you tell them to stop having many kids, they'll tell you you have no right whatsoever to tell them that, but when they have financial problems in sustaining their needs, they run into you like you're suddenly the most important person in their lives. And once you show kindness they'll start swarming and expect you to shoulder all their needs and wants and once you failed to deliver that, you're a "bad relative/person."
Yea , I think that’s Asian part itself already. Taking issues as personal attacks not moving on and all. Having many kids that’s Asian thing and there we can already see drawbacks there and pretty bad results and effects right?
I’m glad the younger generation is considering what it takes to have kids (stability, finances, etc) and how many. The topic of birth control and sex education should have been brought up. I’m sure birth control access might be limited or there’s a cultural reason on whether it’s acceptable or not.
Yep, lack of access combined with cultural reasons. Condoms and other forms of birth control can be expensive, especially for low-income families. Religious conservatives have blocked policies to make contraceptives and sex education widely available. And culturally, such discussions can be taboo. Many still think that even bringing up the topic will encourage young people to go wild. And on top of that, Filipino culture encourages having big families--the more the merrier, etc. No siblings = warped childhood. These attitudes are shifting, but are probably not going away any time soon.
To all the Filipino teens that are reading this, PLEASE USE PROTECTION IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX. I don't encourage teens to have sex at an early age but I know they are always curious of this matter and we can't stop them to the deed. Please if you can't provide for the child, just don't ever have one. Just buy a dog or a cat if you just need a distraction because having a child is much more than feeding and bathing a pet. I always say this to my little brother and he's currently in highschool.
@@Sniper416-yy8huThat's impossible for most of the people. Also, it's your own opinion and ideology that marriage should come before sex. Well then, but keep it to yourself. Let others do what they want as to what they believe as they don't share the same beliefs with you. Fine, you should do that. You are free to be married first before doing sex. But you shouldn't really tell others, let alone force them to be married first before doing sex without any basis as to why, besides from your conservative belief which I guess stems from your religion.
@@comossyyy9543 I’m not forcing anyone to do anything. I’m giving my perspective and a solution to these issues. Waiting for sexual intercourse, after you’re married, will help avoid these problems. What’s the point of bringing children into the world, if you cannot provide for them?
My parents have 5 kids, they were poor and now we provide for them, my mom even called us her retirement plans. I promised myself that I won't do that to my future kid, I only plan to have one.
Poor parenting guidance, Lack of sex education, neglected children from a large family who seek affection from others and some ending up having a child at early age. Plus treating child as a "blessing" and as retirement plan
As someone who is filipino but was raised in Europe, I find that it seems to be a cultural thing as well. Although I appreciate filipinos value of life and seeing the pregnancy and raising the child through, it was odd growing up to see that all the girls I know (at least 10) who got pregnant in their teens were all filipino. None of my European, American and even African friends got pregnant.
it is cultural... some parents or relatives push their kids to get married and have babies. Even if they shouldn’t or aren’t ready. Entertainment also glorifies finding love, so people as young as 12 or possibly younger feels the need to have a boyfriend and girlfriend. Which also leads to very young mothers.
Abortion is unacceptable for older gen filipinos. So even if your friend wanted to abort and it's legal in your area, the parents would never allow it. It's considered a sin to abort.
Many young gen Z in the US also Arnt sleeping around like the hippy generation did an the ones who do they eather take birth control or kill of kids that may come. Many gen Z are afraid of climate change an social economic instability that is also another factor why some don’t sleep around.
It's not only cultural but also the socioeconomic and religion of a person plays a big part too. My folks worked in the slums in several developing nations in Africa and Asia. I also volunteered when I was a teen as well as throughout med school abroad and here in the US. So, I've seen A LOT of very young mothers that were under the age of 18. One thing I noticed is people who are from poor families, whether it's from developing or developed nations, are more likely to be engaged in sexual activities at a very young age. Another thing is education. The poor do not have the luxury to be educated when it comes to sex and contraceptives. I'm not saying children from well off families don't get pregnant, they do but the numbers among impoverished youths are higher. The youngest patient I ever had was an 11 year old that was impregnated by a 13 year old.
Fortunately, when I was in a Catholic highschool in Batangas, Philippines, they taught about Sex Education and Responsible Parenthood subjects. The school conducts academic competitions, sports, military-like training (C.A.T.), cultural or modern dancing, choir, role-playing, subject clubs, cheerdance competitions, planting, too much projects/assignments lol and other activities so there was no teenage pregnancy. Currently, most of my batchmates both in highschool and college including me (24 yrs old) have no children. I'm still in awe that my batchmates are rare to produce a child. They are really goal-oriented as they passed licensure exams in engineering, customs administration and for teaching. Education is really important as well as distractions or hobbies. Especially when a teacher is good in explaining and interactive about topics like sex education.
Currently i am working with a philipino in kolkata India,(DLF it park!) They are good in English, they are kind 🇮🇳🇵🇭 (Greetings for all philipino from "Bengal State, India)
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@@rise7056 you mean get a rich foreigner to steal his money??? Bruh 😂😂😂😂 no wonder we got some homeless foreigners here in the Philippines got tricked my our filipinas some
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is the huge number of Filipinos going abroad (US, Middle-East, other SE Asian countries) to work and send money home. I think this influx of money has the unfortunate side effect of enabling poor family planning.
@@asianprince8718 in the Philippines the Catholic Church has a lot of power when it comes to government policies. There’s no separation of church and state
@@nebhalabir1201 that's one of the disadvantage of population decline. You have less young working population who will contribute to your economy while there are many aging people that needs food, money, and other resources but are not generating income that will support their needs. This is where immigrant workers enters. Having a moderate birth rate + moderate population is the perfect combination for a balanced economy.
The Philippines was ranked 2nd to lowest in terms of IQ, throughout SE Asia. The " older " generations seem to be the problem, empowering the younger kids to keep having kids. I am glad to see that some of these Filipinos [ being interviewed ] know what's right / wrong, and actually have common sense. As the young girl said " I'm already struggling to earn for myself right now, let alone for a child " props to you! get a proper education, enjoy your life, save up money, and don't let some cult nonsense religion influence your lifestyle!
Valid points, but the iq testing system is not suitable for all countries and circumstances, especially since each country has a different logic and values and way of calculating things.
@@rirri2386 The Philippines has one of the lowerst scores in Math and Sciences compared to our SEA neighbors. Logic and values are irrelevant in both subjects.
I am Filipino who is born and raiseas an ONLY child. My Father have 16 sibilings and my mother have 8 sibilings. Most of my titos/titas (uncle/aunt) have also only bear children of 1-3. This is due to the past experiences of the older generation of poverty. Because of this my cousins and I are now more educated and living a higher standard of living due to this trend with far better opportunity.
I’m the child of filipino immigrants. My parents usually see these situations as very sad because there is so much poverty that it’s not possible to support that many kids and give them a good life. There will be families of 7 kids essentially eating garbage/scraps but they continue to have an unfeasible amount of kids.
Most of the world's poverty seems to stem from people having too many children they can't possibly look after at too young an age. Contraception is the best thing to reduce poverty.
Not just that, it's also going to have a large negative impact on the mental health of the kids, especially when they find out that some other kids their age live wealthier and happier lives than them.
Do you think the same about disabled people having children? Homosexual couples? Public figures? Illegal immigrants? Parent(s) with depression/anxiety? Couples whose families dislike each other? All of these are uncomfortable scenarios for a child to grow up in, but I assume that you wouldn't care about most, if not all of them. I can assure you that despite being poor and not living a lavish lifestyle they're not going to starve, as these people are used to these family arrangements.
In the Philippines it's usually the lower classes who have many children, while the upper and middle classes tend to have at least 1 child and 3 at most, but the average is 2 children. I'm not sure why the lower classes like to have a lot of children.
The reason of the more you have a kids the more you have retirement investments, that’s a mindset of "some" unfortunate parents who didn’t get access to education or didn’t go to college they have that poor mindset usually came from lower class
@rantpageit’s increasing! You know nothing! Take a look at NSO. 119 million now 10 million increase from 3 years ago! Per favore! Overpopulation and mostly congested in Manila, and all suburbs of Manila.
As a Filipina, I feel like having a child should be a personal choice and not be condemned by anyone, let alone by your family members or peers. I have friends who chose to have kids at an early age due them wanting to see how their children grew up and them having the energy to play with them. The younger generation are more aware about the condition when it comes to sexual health, future generation, education and healthcare. True enough, the Filipino people must step up in solving this crucial problem. I cannot fathom how many of the unfortunate folks here who are economically deprived when it come to job opportunities and family planing. You should be rational enough and CARE enough about your future offspring. DO NOT PLAN ON HAVING KIDS if you're not stable enough, at the right age and capable enough to be good parents who can give your children their needs. Please spare them of the agony.. I hope this serve as a living example for the younger generation and to not let the history repeat itself.
@@DarkDragonSlayer this is just based on my personal opinion okay? Well, I'm not a traditional boomer type of person but having sex comes with its aftermath as well. When you made love with someone, don't you think it's better if you waste no time, heartbreak, emotion and attachment by doing it with someone you see as a potential partner? Yeah, casual sex may help ease temporary sexual needs but what comes after that? No responsibility whatsoever? How is that possible when you enjoy sex so much without carefully considering the possibility of bearing a child. Protection and sex education can do so much but once you're aroused, controlling the urge can be a real challenge. Yes, please enjoy sex as much as you like with contraceptions but once it fail, don't come running for escape when a zygote has been developed. It's a very sensitive topic and I don't wanna delve into those heavy ones... Abortion and pro-choice since the Philippines is a Catholic country. At the end of the day, you're the only person responsible to choose whatever you do to your body, take care of it cuz you only have one. It's up to you, you have the power to choose. Be strong ❤️
having kids is the most important thing we can do to thrive so keep having kids if yall can support them. yall deserve to be shamed for not having kids lol idiots
@@rise7056 there are some couples who want to have at least one kid and some who don't want to have kids at all. Are you this stupid to realize that or no? Lol
It was a carried-over belief from during the times when Filipinos' main preoccupation was agriculture. Large families were preferable then, especially males, to help out in the fields. That's why large broods were common in the provinces then. Nowadays, people are now taking family planning seriously as a practical matter.
This paragraph of yours needs more visibility for more people to educate themselves about the many reasons why N.Filipinos have this long held belief since ancient times
My parents had three kids, and my youngest sister was born some time after me and my other sister that we also helped take care of her. Neither me nor my sister are interested in having children, having experienced what it takes to raise a child.
@@rampage4695 But it’s true though. Those living in squatters have at least 8-12 kids. Not to mention a lot of them have different fathers for their kids so that is another factor here that is hardly mentioned because it’s such an embarrassing kind of reality to see. Extramarital affairs and premarital affairs are overlooked. They think contraceptive is evil yet don’t have problems committing adultery.
I agree with the education of women point! Just wanting to nuance it a bit further: the guys can and should have responsibility, too. As much as possible, couples should be on the same page. During my research, I heard about a lot of women in lower-income Filipino families who did learn about and get access to birth control. But their husbands saw it as an attack on their masculinity and would do things like throw away or grind up pills. Family planning works best when the whole family supports it.
It is the age old tradition of expecting your children to take care of you when you grow older and use them as your pension as well that's why many decide to have a lot of children but not realizing the hard work and commitment of ensuring the future of their children at all.
I'm 33 but not planning on having kids at the moment, I've been poor since i was a child and I don't think i can support a child, i can only support myself.
As a Korean, I am very jealous of Filipino fertility rate In Korea, when a child is born, the government pays 100 USD per month per child, and no child is born no matter how many benefits such as various tax benefits, discounts on electricity and gas bills, low interest loans, and childcare facilities.
Don't be jealous, the Philippine fertility rate fell from 2.7 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2023. Japan's fertility rate is 1.34. In the next few decades the Philippine population will decline, we're having the same problem as you. Only the older generation and those in poverty have a lot of babies.
GREAT interviews!! These people were well informed on the issues and they understand what is important to manage the situation! Hopefully, the not so informed or educated can come to some understanding of how to prosper the best for themselves! Thanks🌺
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The more pressing question should be why aren't Japanese, Koreans and other Asian nationalities not having enough children to staff their own industries and services? If Filipinos stop having large families, 1) How are multinational corporations going to staff their call centers cheaply? 2) How are the Taiwanese going to keep their factories open? 3) How are the Americans going to staff their hospital nursing staffs and inner-city teaching staff? 4) How are Singaporeans going to staff their households? 5) How many Chinese men will not have wives due to the lack of young women? 6) And how will the corrupt Philippines government remain in force without all of the OFW money coming in?
You see the bigger picture rather than the Individual choices, Philippines struggles from human trafficking since it has been industrialised by the colonisers long ago and similar people try to continue this in many ways today. We need to be more sustainable and to not fold by bad elements.
@@LuisCruz-ne5wo I agree but the full impact of the "One Child Policy" in China has not been felt. I would be very concerned for Filipinas working in the PRC and Hong Kong.
@@CharmfulCarlie If that is the case, why does the Philippines make it so difficult for foreign investments that would allow them to build their own industries as opposed to shipping thousands of skilled laborers to Taiwan? The Philippines has so much skilled labor and so little of it is being used to "alleviate poverty in our nation." Therefore, other countries get richer.
my mother has 14 other siblings, and based on observation and based on my mother's point of view, its almost a culture or tradition to most older generations to have as many kids as possible. its almost like its normal to have big families. And as to how would they do financially support it, i have no idea. I guess its not an issue to a lot of Filipinos. We are so used in living simply and living without bigger ambitions, that we think that living in poverty is just normal.
Most parents especially in provinces use their children as an additional labor force. My former grade 6 classmate has 13 siblings. He's a year older than me but his body is buff like a bouncer from working on a huge farm and making ends, to have food on their table 😢 I dunno what happened to him after we graduated.
this is a good problem to have. once population decline occurs, it's very hard to to recover. look at most European countries, Japan, China, South Korea, etc, where they are below replacement rate, they are actively encouraging their citizens to have kids. China just recently implemented 3-child policy but it's not going well. Population collapse is inevitable for lots of these countries, and this results in economic disruptions. However, I do agree that teenage pregnancy should be minimized.
Yea the population collapes. China has same problem because of one child policy. Their country getting old yet the young adult is less. Probobly on tge far future other countries will kill the old retiree who are government pensioneer just to make their economy to survive. More retiree and Less young adult = less work force = less economy
no, because look how developed these countries are! we want to develop too ╥﹏╥ this problem will for sure stunt the growth of our still developING countries
why should teenage prenancy be minimized and also I hope the schools stop teaching about overpopulation and breaking gender roles because philippines might fall like whats about to happen to the US
Because… we don’t know what protection is and the lack of a sex education class as a whole! Speaking of large families, I only learned NOW that I’m actually the youngest of 5 kids, not 2.
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we definitely know what protection is. A lot of teens know. But the stigma of using protection is more dangerous. Pag may nakitang condom pinagtatawanan??
I’ve long felt that AB should provide verifiable data regarding the topics at hand, to compare “on the street” attitudes with reality would be more interesting than one without the other
Don't really know if this still applies but I was raised in the Philippines until I was 12. And at that time a lot of young people graduate as minors... largely sexually active too since age of consent is so low and youre considered an adult by that time. Majority of people I know were married with kids right out of highschool around 15-16 and that was normalized. Among other things that religion plays a huge part of it and failure to talk about health and reproduction... its not a priority to be discussed in school nor inside a family setting sort of a taboo (so kids tend to explore this themselves). Also the guy talking about parents making kids their investment is true unfortunately.
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@@budikurniadi6104 Yeah... I know that, but we can't deny the fact that the island of Java is over populated, it would be better if the people of Java migrated to other islands which are still empty and have large areas, the island of Java is good for being an agricultural center because it's rich in soil due to volcanic ash, making the island of Java as a population center makes it less effective, and our education is still relatively low, hopefully our people will be wiser in the future
@@Amanda_Lauren nope, the problem is not overpopulation but how to manage liveable cities not moving to other island and make another problems. Do not try to ruin borneo’s jungle for the sake of javanese’s problem. Java is still manageable if they can solve the housing problem
I guess it also depends on your circle of acquaintances too. Most of my friends and family are college graduates and professionals. I'd say half don't have children, and the rest have 1-3 children only.
@@AsianSP Mahal kaya magka-anak. Kami nga na walang anak nahihirapan na sa taas ng mga bilihin ngayon (sa lagay na yan lagpas pa ng minimum wage ang tax rate ha), paano pa kaya yung meron? Formula, vaccine, diaper, damit, etc.
It’s pretty sad I would say. Why make so many kids if you can’t raise them properly and provide with everything necessary? Here in Europe people first care about their own education, career, trying to succeed in life and etc, then when they settle down and are ready people have kids (usually 1 or 2), but at least they are able to give them education, feed them properly, buy necessary things, travel together and etc.
They're still in the peasant mentality. More kids means more hands to work and support the family. Having lots of kids is also a measure of machismo. I remember some Filipinos were asked about vasectomies. Both sexes thought anyone who got one was no longer a real man.
@@Raja1938 you described the mentality perfectly. Their way of thinking is outdated. It’s like they are giving birth to free labor. Honestly, in a lot countries in historically, couples had large families for labor and saw their male children as retirement plans to take care of them. I’m not saying you shouldn’t take care of your parents but I feel that should not be basis of having a bunch of children.
@@Raja1938 nothing to do with that. They just simply love sex so they want to make babies but the thing is there's no proper sex education or proper family planning, guidance, etc. Ugok!
@@keimorgan5654 exactly. It irks me when I say this to our people. They always finds ways on justifying this mentality instead of becoming better. A lot of Filipinos (especially older generation) wants to have kids so that somebody will take care of them when they grow old. I get that our health care sucks, home for the aged is not a good practice here unless you got no choice. If you are the eldest son with a good-paying job, expect that you're going to be your family's breadwinner. Some people even have to take care of their nephews and send them to school and pay for their tuition fees because the parents don't earn enough. Most, if not all, of your family members will automatically look up to you for support. And this mentality sucks and still exists until today. It's not just a simple mentality but is already ingrained in the culture. In other countries, your kid is obviously your responsibility. If you can't afford to send him to school, find a better job to finance it. Here, just rely on your relatives and expect that they MUST help you because you're blood-related.
Here in Germany it is seen as a shame and low impulse control when people have many children and cannot support them properly. Usually it is the people with low IQ having more than 3 children.
In the USA the ideas have changed over the past couple of decades and having 3 or more children is a sign of wealth in most places. Our country is so diverse and this is a sad fact but when people see a young black mom out with two or more children they automatically assume they are poor or riding the system but if they see a young white mom out with two or more, people assume she is rich, this is an unfair assumption but it’s the truth.
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At least there are Filipinos who are aware of the issues. If only in my hometown people are aware of the issue. My parents come from a rural bario from a small town in Leyte and people here are like factories of kids. The parents' purpose of producing many kids is still to let their kids work for them like after high school graduation they kid will apply to be a maid/helper in Manila, else for older kids they can look for foreigners so that they can send money back to the parents.
I think it’s a cop out excuse to say “they lack sex education.” You can only use that excuse for the first baby. The problem is they continue having more and more kids while leaving in extreme poverty.
I feel like every topic in Philippines leads to the topic of poverty. However, as someone who spent time in Japan and China, it's a blessing to hear about women who want to have children. Just make sure you earn enough money so your children can be happy.
It's the millenials and Gen-Z commenting about their experience of having large families and them to not mirror their parents. I am one of them. Though my parents only had me and my bro so 2 children and yet they struggled to raised me and him but me and bro actually managed to get a college degree and to them it's a success because it's hard to get a high paying job here.
The truth is, it's beginning to decline now, except for the poorest areas. In my neighborhood alone, 1 family has 2 kids, next house has only 2, next has only 1, then me who only has 2, next has 3, then last has 1. My sister has only 1 child. But if you go to the poorest families and areas, you will see the opposite. That's why I always say, the gov't should concentrate on educating the people from those areas about family planning. Also teenage pregnancies are common to those areas.
@@alphsno472 Good luck 😂 Depend is corrupt they can't even tell the truth about their overpriced Intel celeron laptop ₱60k Kaya minsan common sense nalang.
The Filipino people are good folks. I wish there were better birth control education. I shall also say that I wish the best for their youngsters who at this birth rate shall become Asia's leading countries when we look at China & Japan's birth rate. I still remember our brothers during WWII.
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I hope so. Our young professionals are being wasted by exporting them to other countries. Well, I myself are from that demographic, and the reason why I want to work abroad is better salary. If the Senators of the Philippines allows Constitutional Change and open the economy of the country to more investors, lack of jobs will be a thing of the past, and so Filipinos would not need to look for job abroad to earn high salary. The current Constitution restrict economy in favor of Filipino businessmen. This results to monopoly of key industries such as Telecommunications. The monopoly or duopoly led to lack of competition in that industry and as a result, they have no reason to improve their services and lower the prices. Its's not just the telecommunications, the same case with energy, water, transportation...
@@randomly_random_0 I started laughing, I just know that the first one talking about Pakistan is a man from North India and the other one talking about India, is a man from Pakistan. They're trolls and always fighting, clogging up the comment section with their troll comments.
@@yachishairclips2250 I think there is a offset, past a certain point, you think about having kids again. If youre just in the middle, i think you wouldnt want to have kids at all, you're not rich, you're not poor. Enough to get by, not enough to raise children. If you're poor and low education, children can be investments, if you're rich, then having a family might be the natural way of living life, they wont be a burden.
this issue is so sensationalize, philippines birth rate rank 57th.. the birth rate of philippines is moderate, its just that neighboring countries have EXTREME low birth rate so it make it looks like philippines have high birth rate
@@asianprince8718 yes, the birth rate of philippines is 23.4 births per 1,000.. the country with the highest birth rate is angola with 43.7 births per 1,000.. the country with the lowest birth rate is monaco with 6.5 births per 1,000.. clearly philippines is just in the middle.. its been declining since 1950 when our birth rate reach its highest at more or less 50.0 births per 1,000
I have this high school friend who has 6 siblings. They are poor. Unfortunately this friend of mine, decided to fall in love and have kids (as of 2015 - she was 22). I felt disappointed because she already told me that she hates having 6 siblings and living poverty. Too bad she repeated her parents decision. Some of my classmates from public high school also got pregnant when they were between 14-16 years old. Sex education is a taboo. Most of them only learned such thing from the internet.
Lots of comments about lack of sex education. I'm not sure if things are changing but 20 years ago Catholism and Sex Education does not mix but unlike the past you may have a big family but still manage to take care of them (i grew up with 5 siblings), now it is mostly the poor who keeps having kids without thinking about their future and end up just like their parents with no education and the grim cycle continues.
Married as a foreigner and currently living in Manila Philippines me and my wife don't have any kids here the Filipinos get sometimes shocked and when they ask if we are planning and in reply if we say them we now need to make our future and savings and then we will plan for a baby that time the Filipinos just the way they see my face as if I am an alien
It was the boomer's generation that mostly have a lot of children. My mom siblings were 7 and my dad's were 11! I can't still gather my thoughts around how did our grandparents managed to raise all of them. I think time and beliefs are changing in today's generation. I'm now turning 30, I got 3 other siblings and none of us have kids yet. I think Filipinos have more understanding about family planning compared from before, where having kids is considered a "blessing" and let the Lord lead their own ways. lol But of course, it still differs from lower social classes that still tends to have more babies, or having teenage pregnancy is getting normalized. It's better we scrap the cultures, old beliefs that wrapped around us and "jailed" us to push to our limits. Religion played a big role in our today's society! Religion controlled the minds of the people believing that every thing is going to be okay without thinking of a rational solution because there should be a higher being that would be working for us. Look at us now. Where is the Philippines in the world stage. We got one of the lowest IQs among ASEAN nations. I can't help but to think that we are still the same "indios" during the Spanish colonial era. I hope things should get better.
Seriously need to remove the taboo on contraceptives and just install condoms everywhere. Or if they prefer bareback sex, the government needs to subsidize free vasectomies or ligations.
The problem is the intervention of the Roman Catholic Church.. Remember when RH bill is being discussed in Senate?? Many RC priest and devotees are so against it!!
@@budikurniadi6104 1.9 births per woman is already below the point of replacement. That means the population will start to decline like Japan and Korea
@@budikurniadi6104 You can't read. I never said anything about the world average. I said 1.9 is below the point of replacement. 2 is the point of replacement because it takes 2 people to make a baby. If two people are making less than 2 babies, then they aren't fully getting replaced. So the population starts declining. I dont even know why I'm explaining this to you. Just search population replacement birth rate
Do this in India with similar topic. I'm curious to hear the opinions of older generation citizens as well as the younger generation. I bet there would be a huge difference between both the genz' opinions and it would be interesting to hear know about them.
my aunt predicts i'm going to have six children. i do not have a partner who can give me any. also, i'm asexual and the changes pregnancy might wreak on my body are not something i will ever willingly choose to go through. i do not have the heart to tell her all this while she lives.
poverty incidence oer ethnic group is a factor. cordillerans do not have feudal culture so many of them are financially stable at may community support
Lack of sex education Lack of family planning No accessible contraceptive especially to young people These are the things that ph gov. should really consider
It’s a third world country full of unemployed people and low GDP. They believe there are no other way to gain wealth. Problem is, they can’t afford to give them adequate support and raise them right.. that’s why street crime rates and unemployment rates are rampant in the Philippines.. it’s a vicious cycle. This is quite common in poor south East Asian countries. It’s a shame
Don't exaggerate, Unemployment rate is only 10+%, the low GDP was because of the large population. Street crime rates have been significantly decreasing for the past few years, Crime in general even. We're only slowly getting there, so as every other DEVELOPING countries, not that outdated third world semantic.
Fertility in males has been impacted by the amount of plastics in our environment. It affects the males hormones. This may also impact the females but differently.
Guess this video was made before the POPCOM released the new data on Philippine population. The fertility rate has declined to 1.9, well below the replacement level.
Good topic. I hope this trends and for you to cover more social issues so that people can be enlightened. I knew a few people who had been implanted with contraceptive device on their arms by the local health center after the TRO on RH bill has been dropped. Family problems/family instability also triggers teenagers to elope. It is ironic for a country with 80 to 90% Christian population to have many broken or unhealthy families.
The main reasons are religion, education and culture. At the end of Catholic masses we were told to Go and Multiply, so we did 😂. Birth control was frowned upon before and sex education is not taught. Culturally we were also raised with the thinking that when we have children, we don’t need to “raise” them all, just the eldest and he or she will “raise”the younger ones. There have been changes in attitude and perpective in the past few years but the process is quite slow. The sad thing is, you find that people at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder have more children so our government should really focus more on educating that particular sector.
Young population can either be an advantage or disadvantage. It's an advantage if these young people will get educated, get their degrees and work here in the country and use their skills and talents to contribute to their country. Disadvantage if current problems like lack of jobs due to restricted, communist-inspired economic policies of the mediocre 1987 continue. This will result to young professionals to either forced to work abroad or stay here but not paid well
Coming from a large family of 10kids. I was child #4 I could not understand why my Mom keeps getting pregnant every two years?? Mom said it was gift from God, so it’s immaculate conception 😮! It was hard on me, for I am stuck with babysitting all the time and little time for my studies. When I became a Mother, I told my husband 3kids is enough for I wanted very much to go back and work and help my husband with the finances. I have 3daughters and now have 4grandkids. All my daughters are financially well and bought their first house, before they had their children.
Because parents think that through children, it will make their lives better. So if that child is already capable to work, he is obliged to help his family financially by helping the younger ones in providing education. If you will not do this, then the child is considered a traitor.
I'm really not surprised that the population growth it declining bc I myself & some of my other peers among this generation (z) have gotten this discourse about having a child, and some of us really don't want to. because of the cost of living, being independent, also being financially secured / stable in this economy, and also because the way our parents have raised us. and I can relate w the girl with the black mask saying that her & her cousins have animals / pets that treats them like their own kids (7:09) bc I think having pet/s is hard what more if it's raising a kid. But that's just my 2 cents. I also knew some who are starting to raise a family and having a kid their own.
I wanted to add something but I thought it would be insensitive, but it is in the interview. It was not hard to find someone underage had a child there
I like how the kuya wearing black facemask expressed the joy of parenthood and at the same time is very much educated when it comes to the current economic issues of our country and its implications to the next generation.
People who were raised in poverty but well educated have a different mindset (single rn and have no plans on having any children anytime soon) to those people who were raised in poverty but not properly educated (them are those who got 1 or more children rn).
If you're a young Filipino, the best investment you will make is real estate. This will be so much expensive in the next 10 years. I worked in my 20's and never spent money on useless things and managed to now own 2 lots outside the metro. I'm 31 now and planning to start my own family. I never had a high paying job, just didn't spend money on useless things with no value.
Sampu kaming magkakapatid at isa lang sa Amin ang nakatapos ng highschool, Ngayon hirap kaming humanap ng magandang trabaho na may mataas na sweldo dahil Wala kaming pinag-aralan.. nakakalungkot isipin anak lang ng anak pagkatapos iasa sa mga anak Ang obligasyon na dapat sila ang gumawa.
No matter how hard the government will try to contain this mess, it is the people should be blamed and not the politicians. It is the backward mentality and stupidity of the people that made their lives miserable. So do not blame the government!
Half Filipino here in my 30s. The reason is that a lot of impoverished Filipino families (mothers) assume that maybe at least one of their children will be successful and fortunate enough to vault them out of poverty. And sexual promiscuousity is rampant in extremely impoverished provinces (See Palawan Region) with teens and even non teens (ten, eleven, tweleve) year olds getting pregnant from older partners (wink wink in_est).
Regarding the decline of childbirth I can feel it especially around my circle. My siblings only have 1 to 3 kids compare to my parents generation who have 7 or more. My friends also have max 2 kids and some of my closest friends are embrassing the DINK (Double Income No Kids) lifestyle. As for me I also plan to do have DINK. My family is very supportive about it and they told me that if I can't afford to have kids and support them emotionally, financially, physically and mentally then don't bother having one. Children can't choose their parents but adults can choose to be parents so if you are not responsible enough then don't have one. And that's totally okay.
Lots of sexual abuse goes on inside families in the first place and then make children highly sexual and then carry over as they get older, have children out of wedlock, no job and the cycle repeats.
