Depends on the age of the couple.
I agree that adults (21+) should not be allowed to marry minors. However, I also support allowing marriage for teenagers between each other, generally speaking between 16 to 21 years old to each other.
And no, young women don't have to stop their education in marriage, various types of birth control do exist.
If you're going to argue that girls have to stop education if they got pregnant, then you'd have to ban all teenage sex not just marriage since teenage pregnancy is common outside of marriage.
Simply, have good sex-ed in schools and teach teenagers about birth control and planning to avoid having to hold the responsibility of childcare at a young age.
Abortion should be legal before a certain stage in the pregnancy, but not all people agree with abortion even if they're pro-choice, as such birth control and good sex-ed is the solution.
@late
Younger women have better odds where bearing children are concerned.
It depends, even if the mother is in good health, financial conditions may stand in the way of good care.
If you want to make things better, honey works better than vinegar. Support policies that support families.
Agreed; Personally, I support a state policy where young couples when the elect to get married receive initial support from a state fund to help them start their lives together, get a living space, etc.
@Godstud
I generally support policies that support families(just not when it comes to promoting families to have children). There are already a great many policies in place, for this. I support smart people making families(especially having children) when they can both afford it, and when they are mature enough to understand the commitment that marriage really is.
A system of social welfare fund where in young people in general receive a push to start their lives, be they single or couples, is preferable.
Under such system, young couples don't have to worry about financing their relationship in any decision to marry.
Regarding childcare, it comes in two parts;
1- It's all up to the choice of the parents, some couples choose to live life and enjoy their youth first before having a family while others choose to settle down early; It all depends on their choice.
2- A social safety net should exist funded by wealth taxes to support childcare irregardless of the circumstances of the parents.
Children should not suffer the consequences of any poor decisions their parents make, and, as such, there should be a social welfare fund on the side, managed by the state, to ensure that whenever the parents, for whatever reason, fail to support their family, this fund kicks in to ensure the well-being of the children by providing in place of any shortcoming from the parents.
This is, obviously, not limited to young couples or teenage pregnancy, but a general all-encompassing policy.
And there is enough money to cover it in all developed countries and most developing countries.
@SolarCross
The earlier you get responsibilities, like being a parent, then the earlier you mature. One leads to the other.
Very true, agreed.
@Godstud
The earlier you get responsibilities, like being a parent, then the earlier you mature. One leads to the other.
Can you provide a source for this claim? I highly doubt it, as I have seen no evidence of this.
A study? Not sure for the moment if there is any, didn't do any research.
But, I do know that this is the case with most people in Baalbek as they grow up being used to holding responsibilities and engaging in the real world from a young age, ending up starting their adult life much earlier than even surrounding populations.
And teenagers being taught to handle responsibility from a younger age makes them more resilient than their peers who did not receive such experience and as such giving them years of added experiences.
That's why in my family, for example, boys specifically have to leave home at age 15 to start their own lives with the initial stages supported by the family ofcourse, and we all start getting into the workplace very early on at 11-12 to get used to. (Not child labor enslavement, but more in training and working with close family businesses and ventures to get a handle on work)
Even most of those that go on to university are done with it by 21.
21? What did they take, a 2 year course at a community college? A typical university degree is 4 years, with only the smartest and brightest finishing them in 3.
Enter my ego here
I'm 23 soon to be 24, have a degree in banking and finance and a degree in mechanical engineering where half was done in courses and the other in practical experience, and currently pushing for specialization in mechatronics engineering.
And Lina is 22, and has a degree in linguistics and cultural communications, with masters coming very soon.
And we're not special by any means BTW, infact I'd say we both got distracted too much by starting a family that we underperformed in this regard in comparison to the rest of our families and sorrounding families in our area in Baalbek.
When there is a large push on education in a community like the case of Baalbek in the past 3 decades, it's not uncommon to see people with not one but multiple PhDs and degrees all around.
It all depends on how much education is valued and how significant the push for it is, age and financial capacity are minor factors in this regard.
In a world with over-population, the last thing we should be doing is promoting large families.
Actually no, I disagree.
The world doesn't have an over population problem, it has a distribution problem.
Right now, if I remember correctly, we produce enough to support in excess of 10 billion people living regular middle-class lives. I'll find the paper shortly, I quoted it once here before.
The problem is flawed or lack of efficient usage and distribution of resources, along with excess waste ofcourse.
EDIT:
However, global food production is incredibly efficient. The world’s farmers produce enough food to feed 1.5x the global population. That’s enough to feed 10 billion (we are at 7.6 billion currently).
Our inability to feed the entirety of the world’s population is mostly due to food waste. Globally, 30–40% of all food is wasted.