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Future Child

By Phillip Gammage, Nursery World, 30 March 2000

In the 'developed' world of today the birth rate is under two children per family (about 1.9 here, 1.7 in Australia and 1.2 in Japan). The divorce rate is approaching 40 per cent in the UK, North America and Australia. Moreover, the economic map of the world is being redrawn by the multinational conglomerates. Less publicised is the pivotal role of women in the economy, which is slowly redrawing it too.

In the 'developed' world of today the birth rate is under two children per family (about 1.9 here, 1.7 in Australia and 1.2 in Japan). The divorce rate is...

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