2012年12月8日雅思真题范文: Late Parenting 晚生孩子

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　　2012年12月8日雅思真题范文: Late Parenting 晚生孩子
        　　中国真题回忆：
        　　1 Similar Topic>In some countries around the world, men and women are
laving children later in life. What are the reasons for this development? What
are the effects on society and family life? Give reasons for your answer and
include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
        　　2 Similar Topic>Today both males and females are having babies at an
older age. Why? Is this a positive or negative development on society and
family? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your
own knowledge or experience.
        　　印度真题回忆：
        　　3 Similar Topic>Nowadays people are becoming parents later in life. Some
think it is not a good development for the family and for the country. Do you
agree or disagree with it? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience.
        　　实验范文重播《Example Writing》: By Jeenn Lee Hsieh
        　　Parenting may be as late as possible, but not later. Research shows that by
the age of 30, a woman's chances of conceiving begin to dwindle. There are
advantages to having children young, although these days life is rarely that
simple. The argument is that, if people want children at all, it is better to
start as early as possible for the development of the family and the
country.
        　　Good or bad, late parenting is a new fashion. Despite cases related to
unwanted teenage pregnancies, many people choose to become parents later in
life. This social mainstream is particularly obvious among people of the middle
class in most developed countries. It is clear enough that many women are
putting off babies for career and financial reasons. Besides, if people are
planning a one-child or two-child family, there is indeed no such a hurry to be
"in the family way" like those old-fashioned women a couple of generations ago.
No wonder that people prefer to wait until they think they are 'ready' to become
parents, no matter how late it might be or what could happen as a result.
        　　Relatively, the consequences are more negative than positive, not just for
the family but also for the country. Generally speaking, late parenthood would
mean a surplus of old people and not enough workers. This is likely to stymie
the country's economy. In contrast, more teenage mothers would mean a
population—economic—boom. Based on this presumption, women should finish having
their families when they are younger (than 30) and then have more years of
employment ahead of them. As expected, their children would also sooner come
into the labor force and add to the national economic growth.
        　　In sum, there seem to be alarm bells on late parenting because this could
benefit neither the development of the family nor the society in the economic
context. While the decision to become parents later in life is personal, even
realistic; the time for a woman to get pregnant is certainly not 'forever'. In
parenting, it is one thing that modern people do not desire having one too many,
but it is quite another to be too late to become parents for at least once.