4/16 discussion topic!

Dear all
we are going to talk about the problem of low-birthr ate, which is on the rise and crouching every corner of developed world right now.
pls refer to the attached articles and ponder the following questions as well!
Thank you very much!

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/02/28/2003403167
http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/censusstatistic/a/aabirthrate.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/world/europe/13iht-spain.4.6652189.html
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20061109d1.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7096092.stm

Q1. Would you want to have a baby right now? Why?
Q2. If not, why giving you the second thought about having a child?
Q3. If you had a child, how much money did you expect to spend in order to raise your kid properly? What kind of way did you come up with to help you deal with financial stress?
Q4. If you don't want to marry and have a child right now, then when is the appropriate timing to carry out this plan? or never?
Q5. Even though you were married, would you think it is a must to give birth to a child?