'I want to learn'

[Mosiah]

Still far too many have far too many! How many times have we seen such stories in our papers?

[Islandman]

True, there is still work to be done, but I was getting the impression that forumites thought no progress had been made.

That woman is far less typical than she used to be. For a developing country, we have done pretty well getting the message across.

[Raggs]

Jamaica...Come on Man, do better than this!

[HL]

I recall a similar discussion way back when Portia used to post.

I mentioned that I support mandatory sterilization after 2 kids. That should be legislated in Jamaica.

As for the men.........................

[Assasin]

what??

[MdmeX]

Sass - right now she'sliving wid a man

Education alone nah go dweet.

We need to hold people accountable for them bad behavior.

That woman should have been rich from the amount of child support she is collecting. That would teach some a the men them some lesson.

Why is she not collecting child support so her kids can go to school? If her husband is dead then I can understand but otherwise find them wherever they are.

I was watching divorce court a few mornings ago and the judge said " I am going to make sure you curb your irresponsible behavor by hitting you where it hurts, in the pocket".

So what purpose does he serve. Helplessly blind.

[Assasin]

how it so hard to know that they need assistance?

Woman have 6 pickney that is absent from school for six months and nobody know why?

[HL]

you heard me.

If that was the case, we would not be having this debate.

[Hortical]

Poor women around the world always have more kids than they can afford to support. This is not a Jamaican problem. For the most part, those with more wealth typically have less children. If you visit Haiti, you see many poor destitute women with nothing, who start having kids from as young as 14, and continue popping out kids indefinitely.

[Hortical]

The China strategy will not work in Jamaica. The economic conditions of these women need to improve, and as their economic status improves, they will have less children. People who do not work, have time to have sex all the time, and therefore more children.

[Gamma]

they have time to...and here i am killing off miself wid work when .... "work is burning in the fields"....

apologies to all mi jc fren dem!!!

[Karl]

Poor women around the world always have more kids than they can afford to support. This is not a Jamaican problem. For the most part, those with more wealth typically have less children. If you visit Haiti, you see many poor destitute women with nothing, who start having kids from as young as 14, and continue popping out kids indefinitely.

I wonder if that being poor...usually unemployed...leads to being in the home a lot and or having less pressure on 'time'...leads to being able to apportion more time for/to...or being able to more often work around = schedule time to having sex...leads to more babies...leads to remaining poor...leads to...?

...I wonder?

[Gamma]

the cost of a condom vs the cost of a child.....

[Assasin]

But in most cases when a 14 year old have a kid it is rape so somebody should have been in jail.

[Mosiah]

Most cases? Yuh sure bout dat?