Purpose of Getting Married

Couples have different reasons for getting married. There are people who decide to get married because of the following reasons:

1. They are socially pressured.

2. One of the couple or both want to escape from their problems at home.

3. The girl is pregnant.

4. They are madly in love with each other.

5. They want to build a family of their own.

6. They are emotionally and socially mature to face and handle responsibilities.

Whatever reasons the couples have, they must realize that marriage is the first phase of the family cycle. They must know that they will enter into a legal agreement that includes shared property, financial plans, and responsibility in raising their children. Marriage is the most traditional and socially accepted accepted form of committed relationship.

Couples have different purposes for having children. Some of their reasons are:

· To have a son/ daughter to love

· To pass on the family name

· To give in to pressure from family/friends

· To give stability to their relationship

· To have security and somebody to take care of them when they grow old

· To have somebody to help them improve their economic status

· To show their masculinity and femininity

· To build a model family

· To be responsible parents

Family Size

It is very important to plan the size of the family. With the present problems brought about by overpopulation, parents need to plan the size of their families. In which, parents should limit their family to a number of children they can adequately support and care.

Children need parental care, attention and affection. They should not be deprived of these basic responsibilities their parents should give.

Responsibilities of Parents and Children to each other

Parenting is a great responsibility and a demanding job that many parents are not truly prepared when they enter into it. Regardless of the couple’s lifestyle, the preparation to become a parent involves proper planning. There are things to be considered before deciding to raise a family.

Parents have the right to raise their children, but children also have rights that parents should have to uphold. These are the rights:

1. The right to be born well
2. The right to have a wholesome family
3. The right to have proper nutrition, adequate clothing, sufficient shelter, and proper medical attention
4. The right to have education and personal development
5. The right to have material security
6. The right to be loved, cared of, guided and counseled by parents and elders

Parents are expected to perform their primary responsibilities such as:

1. Physical care- parents must take care of the child and help the child pass each stage of growth and development successfully and grow as a normal and healthy individual

2. Inculcating discipline- disciplining their child is responsibility of both parents. It should start early; defined set of rules must be established.

3. Providing experience to develop social competence- parents must provide their children opportunities for education/learning- parents must help their children develop their potentials. Parents must find time to teach their children aside from sending them to school.

4. Training the children to be a good member of the society – basic training to follow order, to cooperate in worthwhile activities, to be a sport, to be self-sufficient and to have self discipline. As the children grow, the values they learn at home are carried over to the community

5. Training the children to be responsible- parents must give their children simple tasks

Family Planning

Overpopulation affects the country’s development and the quality of life of every family. Limiting the size of the family will give each member a chance to attain quality life. It will also help solve the problem of overpopulation.


Family planning means:

1. Helping couples decide how many children to have.
2. Helping couples choose the year spacing between their children.
3. Helping those couples who do not have children to conceive and have children.
4. Counseling parents and would-be-parents.



In family planning, the couples choose for themselves the number of children they want. They choose the timing and spacing of the children born to them. Family planning is personal decision of both husband and wife. They both plan when to have children and see to it that they can take care of them.

Family Planning

Overpopulation affects the country’s development and the quality of life of every family. Limiting the size of the family will give each member a chance to attain quality life. It will also help solve the problem of overpopulation.


Family planning means:
1. Helping couples decide how many children to have.
2. Helping couples choose the year spacing between their children.
3. Helping those couples who do not have children to conceive and have children.
4. Counseling parents and would-be-parents.

Importance of Family Planning

Family planning is very important in building a happy family and it contributes to they country’s development. In the Philippines our concept of family planning is responsible parenthood and contraception.

Family planning is a preparation for responsible parenthood. Parents who want to have harmony among family members need to plan the number of children they can support and take care of well. Parents consider family planning to space pregnancies, limit family size, and delay childbearing. Family planning protects the health of the mother and the children. It can protect the health of the father as well, since it limits the responsibility of the father to support the family size he can only afford.

Family planning can help the mother who wishes to pursue careers or other activities where unplanned pregnancies would be very difficult. In terms of emotional and financial stability, parents who plan the number of children tend to achieve this status of stability. They are better off and happier compared to those who do not plan and have too many children they cannot afford to support.

Different Aspects Related to Family Planning

Family planning is a decision of both the husband and the wife. It is a decision based on their religion and culture. Couples are free to choose the methods on how they will plan the family. Family planning is a private decision of couples. It is a freedom because they choose for themselves the number of children they wish and the time of birth they want.

Family planning can help make possible a better diet for all the members of the family. Proper nutrition contributes to good physical development of children. Physically, parents can perform well in their jobs and children in their school if they are well-nourished. Parents need to consider the physical aspect in their decision to have family planning.

Family planning contributes to the emotional stability of the family. When all the members of the family are contented with their lives and they are living in an environment founded on love, emotional stability can be achieved.

Parents plan the number of children they want because they want to give the best to their children. Developing the innate talents and abilities of children to the fullest is the responsibility of parents. Aside from teaching them at home, they can send the children to the school for intellectual development. Parents also who may want to pursue further studies can do if there is proper planning in the family. They can give each other the time needed for intellectual growth.