There are number of ways by which government may influence families. And all of them are aimed to change current demographic situation in the country. If there is, for example, a decline in population, Government might introduce benefits for second child in the family and so encourage families to have children more than one. Also IVF programmes will make possible to have children for those families where male is not able to have them because of health problems, also there are laws in some countries which give an opportunity for homosexual partners to marry and have children.
But not all countries are suffering from decline in population; some of them have to introduce policies aimed to decrease it such as in China or India. And in the former the law was introduced according to which families can have only one child and for more they have to pay taxes. This policy helped government stabilize population in the country.
Also there are many other policies which influence structure of the family. For example, The Family Law Act, which was introduced in 1996 introduced a one year waiting period before a couple could divorce. The intention of this policy was to discourage divorces and give couples a time to save their marriage. Other policies such as helping households find job and get employed may improve current situation of unemployment and help lone parents be sure about their and children’s future.
If we look in general to all these policies, they are all aimed to save families and maintain better relationships because if there are more families rather than singles, it might help to stabilize the whole economic and politic situation in the country.
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