Hajali-Beigi: Sustainable Development in the Center Is Difficult Without a Young Population Dynamic

Arak – Arak's governor said declining birth rates and the share of the province's young generation are challenging sustainable development and will have long-term consequences for the future of society.

Arak- The governor of Arak said: The decrease in childbearing and the contribution of the young generation of the province challenges the process of sustainable development and has long-term consequences for the future of the society.

According to Mehr reporter, Abdolreza Haji Alibeigi said before Monday afternoon at the conference on the youth of the population and childbearing in the central province: the decrease in childbearing will face the society with the challenge of aging and lack of young manpower.

He added: "Decreasing the share of the young generation in the society weakens the driving force of development, and if this trend continues, the society will face serious challenges due to the aging of the population."

Haji Alibeigi stated: The young generation is the driving force and engine of society's development, and the reduction of the young population can slow down or even stop the progress process.

He continued: It is necessary to examine how this idea has been formed in the society that reducing the number of children can lead to an improvement in the quality of life. While having children is important from different social, emotional and family dimensions.

Governor of Arak emphasized: The education necessary for forming and consolidating the family should be taken seriously and a context should be provided for young people to make decisions about marriage and having children with more knowledge.

He added: Sometimes people give up the experience of having children in order to preserve some appearance characteristics; While family and having children can reveal deep dimensions of beauty, emotion and the meaning of life.

Governor Arak stated: Decisions related to having children may not seem so important in youth, but people may reconsider their past choices in the later years of life, as conditions change and age; While the opportunity to have children is biologically limited and its loss cannot always be compensated.

He said: "If families are satisfied with having one child and the next generation continues the same pattern, a young person may be responsible for taking care of several elderly family members alone in the future."

Haji Alibeigi continued: In such a situation, in addition to emotional and economic pressures, physical and time limitations can also make it difficult to take care of elderly parents. Therefore, the consequences of the decrease in childbearing should be examined beyond today's conditions and with a view to the future of the family and society.

Emphasizing the necessity of changing attitudes towards childbearing, he stated: There should be more awareness about the importance of family formation and the role of children in the future of society so that young people, knowing the consequences of their decisions, do not lose the opportunity to have children based on short-term considerations.