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The World's Growing Population #FamilyLife

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Photo Source: population world map by upyernoz, on Flickr Resource: sburke: THE WORLD'S GROWING POPULATION The world’s growing population The world’s population has reached a staggering 7 billion people and despite people having children later, is set to continue growing. While, many families are choosing to have fewer children vastly influenced by different lifestyle choices there are others which value large families. Recent coverage of the infamous Duggar Family created mixed opinions about raising what appeared to be an absurdly abnormal sized family – at least amongst western standards. With19 children – and another on the way – they are an American family sharing their lives on their own reality TV show “19 Kids and Counting.” As the Duggars have stepped into the spotlight, their family has been the topic of much conversation and the starting point for banter about the world population and how many children a family should ideally have. Opinions on these topi