
Originally Posted by
vinj
Even those who can afford to have more kids, choose to not add more, especially if they have a boy and girl already ("quota na" is a common word amongst us young families). They'd rather enjoy their lives with their kids (travel, build a nice house, invest, etc.) and train their kids to be uber competitive and get ahead. Grabe na ngayon mga bata: kumon, foreign language, serious training in sports or arts, etc. Dati, tambay lang ako sa kalye namin with my kababatas tapos mag BMX buong hapon. I have a cousin who's entering ICA and i was dumbfounded by all the test and IQ evaluations they were doing. May additional tests pa because they found something inconsistent with the results (she did exceptional in the tests but her IQ findings were just about average or something)... and this was just for friggin Kindergarten!
In contrast, the driver, janitor, or security guard will have 3,4,5 kids tapos may GF pa. Pag noon time, manonood ng Showtime, sa hapon telenovela naman tapos sa gabi, si Willie naman. Pera? Asa usually sa isang kawawang relative na nag hihirap sa abroad.
What then do we get out of this? A growing D and E class in terms of numbers and a growing disparity in the distribution of the wealth inbetween; (excluding the Sys, Ayalas, Shadow, Boybi and the other ultra rich).