Why do people have child/children:
- It just happens. They did not decide/think.
- As this is the norm
- Because others are having them
- Failure of contraceptives
- Wrong information that partner is on contraceptives.
- Scared of abortion.
- Abortion is not offered/available.
- Religious belief
- To help others--infertile people or some medical reasons
- Need child to take care of parents
- Need child to get money for them
- Need child to be called a normal family.
- Longing for male child.
- Longing for girl child.
- Elders wanted the children.
- Government gives incentive for having children.
- To get maternity/paternity leaves.
- To spread their ideology and religion.
- To increase the number of their genetics/lineage
- Rape
- To bring the father/mother of child in a relationship
- To blackmail people/ extort money
- To change genetics/lineage
- To get attention
- To pass on wealth or name
- Because of some divine intervention
- Alien experiments
- To give meaning to life
- To tackle boredom
- To improve relations
- To give siblings to existing children.
- To get a social life
- To get some happy moments
- To keep themselves busy
- Natural instinct
- Parent not aware of pregnancy--psychiatric illness etc.
Bharti Raizada
