Question

Solve task 5 by reading source E and F please

Answer 1

Advantages

the children learn to socialise and share in a way that an only child does not

they play together - less intense for the parents

the sheer joy of having a child is multiplied

the children can help and support each other - at school, with homework etc

the elder children help out with the little ones

you have a fall back when one or other is in those difficult teen years



Disadvantages

it is expensive to have more children

tiring - less respite time, particularly when young

they all want attention at the same time

petty rivalries and jealousies leading to arguments and bust ups


In 2006, Vladimir Putin described population decline as the country’s “most urgent problem.” In 2007, the government introduced a program to pay $11,000 to mothers who have more than one child. That same year, the AP reported on families being given days off from work (and potentially winning “money, cars, refrigerators, and other prizes”) in exchange for making babies. In 2011, Putin announced an additional $53 billion in government expenditures to boost the birthrate. And on a darker note, Putin has used the population crisis as a justification for the government’s hostility to homosexuality.