A Decline in Fertility

Overpopulation has always been a topic discussed by many individuals over many years. Human population has always grown throughout history, but since the nineteen-fifties, sociologists have seen a dramatic rise in population. An event called the “Baby Boom” is the cause to this controversial topic. Although unknown as to why this event occurred, many babies were born. Eventually people started predicting that this increase in population would eventually take a massive toll on the available resources on earth. This would cause many people to worry and change their mentality or way of thinking as to the number of children they should have. We see this controversial topic being brought up even today through media and other forms of advanced communication. People eventually started having fewer children. They fear that the earth is not able to sustain so many people. They even predicted that millions of people would eventually starve once the nineteen seventies and eighties hit. There were about two point five billion people on the earth in the nineteen-fifty. In nineteen-seventy the earth reached approximately three point six billion people. Today there are approximately seven point seven billion people that live on the earth. This assumption or prediction that so many people feared was eventually proved wrong. To this day there are still enough resources in order to sustain seven point seven billion people. Because of this fear however, this has caused a dramatic decrease in fertility around the world. Women are having fewer children in their lifespan. Although population continues to increase, eventually the human population will eventually drop drastically. Now what sort of changes or effects will we see if this trend is to continue? There is a decrease in families living on the Earth. This is not just due to a decrease in fertility but other factors are also at fault. Factors such as individualism, prosperity, the women’s revolution, a divorce revolution, and a sexual revolution are to be accounted for. These new trends are affecting the plans that the Lord has in store for His children. God wants families to prosper on this earth. This negative trend is changing His plans. People do not fully comprehend how important families are in society. Children are the most affected when it comes to this topic. Children are able to have better lives and prosper more in this life if they are in a secure environment. When children are not part of a complete family, they are less likely to be successful.