Economic Wisdom to Apply in Your Twenties

Chapter 74

Chapter 9 Section 5 Having a baby is first of all an account
Anli is a senior manager of a joint venture. Five years ago, when she found out that she was pregnant, the boss who didn't know about it just happened to propose that the company would set up a branch in other places and planned to appoint her as the branch manager.

At that time, An Li was still a 29-year-old girl, and she had been looking forward to gaining greater development opportunities in the company. This time being reused by the company is undoubtedly an important turning point in her career.Faced with the choice between having a child or working, An Li's balance tilted towards her career.

Anli wanted to postpone the plan to have a baby for two years, but it took Anli six years to successfully operate the branch company from scratch, and only she knew the bitterness she experienced.Now, An Li, who is already 6 years old, looks back at the decision she made six years ago, and she suddenly begins to regret: Maybe that child should have been chosen in the first place.

An Li chose the former in front of career and children. Although she has achieved success in her career, as she grows older, it is more difficult for Ms. Li to have children.Generally speaking, women who are over 35 years old and have their first pregnancy are the so-called "advanced women".Due to physiological reasons, elderly mothers have a greatly increased risk of giving birth.After An Li turned 35, the cost of having another child was much higher than six years ago, so she felt remorse.

There are many professional women who have the same troubles as An Li.It is difficult to have both jobs and children. This is the dilemma faced by young professional women today: if they want children, they will lose their current jobs;

For women who are ready to become mothers, family planning should also be included in their career planning as soon as possible.Choose according to your economic status and job stability.The choices career women make will vary from case to case, but they still base their choices primarily on economic factors.All investments have risks, and childbearing is an investment in human resources.

Choose to have children when the material foundation is relatively good and the career development is stable, so that you will not pay too much for your life because of childbirth.And many women with relatively low positions often find it difficult to return to their original positions after giving birth.Therefore, when facing the problem of choosing a job or a child, the material and economic foundation must be considered first, so as to ensure that the child can have a better living environment in the future.

In addition, the time cost of having a child is not only the nearly one year of pregnancy and childbirth, but also whether you can spare enough time to accompany the child after the child is born, because this is very important for the child's psychological growth of.

Now many parents who are busy with work either hire a nanny or ask their own parents to take care of the child after the child is born, or send the child to a full-care nursery or kindergarten.It is understandable that parents are busy at work, but the growth and education of their children cannot be compensated no matter how much money they earn in the future.

Studies abroad have shown that the education received in the first seven years of a child's life is crucial to the formation of personality and concepts in adulthood.Therefore, early education of children is very important.From the perspective of raising children, when economic conditions permit, many women choose to give up their jobs and choose to go home to be a full-time wife.

From the perspective of society as a whole, there are still a small number of people who do not work for a long time and become full-time wives. Most people still regard resignation and go home to take care of their children as a short stage of life.When the children are older, many women will return to society.Of course, there are also some women who choose to be full-time wives as their careers, which is called professional familyization.

Occupational familyization is a manifestation of social occupational diversification, which has been generally accepted in the West.This type of life requires relative economic security. The husband must have a certain financial ability and the family has a stable income.This family model is very popular in many western developed countries. One person works outside to obtain tangible assets, and one person creates intangible capital at home.

Now, working women in China can choose between work and family, which is a progress.But women still appear to be at a disadvantage compared to men who don't need to make a choice to get a career and a family.It is normal for women to choose between work and children, but what is abnormal is that only women choose and men do not need to choose.If the result of family economic budget is that women earn more than men when they go to work, then it should be men who stay at home to take care of the children.In the choice of work and children, men should also participate in this choice.

Wisdom Pieces: Cultivate sensible and good children at low cost

Good and sensible children exercise regularly, which can save medical expenses;

A good and sensible child is diligent and studious, and does not need to hire expensive tutors, and does not need to spend a large amount of sponsorship fees because of the difference in points;

A good and sensible child is considerate of his parents, and does not pursue super-standard fashion brand consumption;

A good and sensible child is motivated and motivated, and understands that the distance between reality and ideals must be achieved by oneself;
If you have such a child, are you very happy?A sensible boy, is it the cheapest?

But how can we cultivate such a sensible and good child?

First of all, we must constantly learn new knowledge for children of different ages, including nutrition, health care, psychology, education, general medicine, success, aesthetics, etc.

Secondly, we also need to maintain close contact with schools and kindergartens, establish a monitoring mechanism, and keep an eye on changes in children and take timely measures.

In fact, these do not require us to spend a lot of money and energy, but they play a key role in shaping the child's character.By doing the above points, you can raise a good child at a very low cost.

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