Family System

We need to reduce the population.

So we need to think of how to stop making so many people. It's a global issue, but also a family issue. We have a solution: Our Future Planet Family System.

"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it"~ Albert Einstein

Our Future Planet Family System works like this: two adults who have one child (or planning to have one child) get together and share parenting responsibilities with another two adults who also have one child. There you have it - in effect a family of 6, where 4 adults are replaced by only two children, but where the two children aren't raised alone, thereby reducing the global population by 50%.

Benefits of this system:

This is a half-way step between traditional western families (where the family is more or less a closed unit) and community living (where the parents share the job of bringing up children with others in the community). A family has one child, without that child having 'only child syndrome'.

Couples can have just one child without experiencing the drawbacks that come with having an only child. This system creates a social environment involving playmates and companionship for the two children, and provides a relatively large family of 6 people, depending upon how close the two adult couples wish to become.

For the adults, there is a reduction in the stresses involved in raising any number of children, because the parenting duties are spread amongst four people instead of just two. It also means, for example, that if one of the mothers wants to go to work and the other to commit herself to full time parenting, this would be possible.

By having four adults caring for them, the children have more protection and nurturing than if a ‘two adult’ family have only one child or more children.
This may become especially significant if one adult leaves the Jay Family through divorce or death. If this happens the children still have three adults to look to for care and protection. A further feature of the Jay System is that economically the two children can have more stability and well-being if there are four carers and providers.

The advantages from the children’s position would be immense: the less stress on the adults, the less stress experienced by the two children. Less stress all round would mean more successful, happier, marriages and partnerships. But if a parental break-up does happen, the children may still have three adults to look to for care and nurture and the strain of being a single parent won't be so large.

The logistics would be decided amongst the families. They might live with or near each other; they can be as dependent or independent of one another as they choose. They might even be quite separate physically, living in different towns. Even in these circumstances there are opportunities for sharing responsibilities and experiences, and bringing the children into regular contact.

Would you consider this system and  try it out when you are ready to have a family? 

This system is a suggestion as part of a global rethink on population and how to control its growth in non-coercive ways. If you have any thoughts about this system, or ideas for other systems for reducing population, please contact us.