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Birth Rate Falls in Brazil
Like so many young families throughout Brazil, Ricardo Pires and Fabiana Oliveiro plan to only have one child together in order to provide a better life for their newborn son,Arthur.
Priscila da Silva once asked her grandmother why she had 12 children, and the answer was simple.. "Because I wanted to."
These days, Silva, like many women in Brazil and the rest of Latin America, has other plans. At 24, she thinks about having one child, if that.
"The situation today is different, and raising a child is difficult," said Silva, slicing tomatoes at a restaurant that she founded with four other women, only one of whom has planned a family of any size. "This is another time, and it’s not the same."
Fertility rates have dropped in many parts of the world in recent decades, but something particularly remarkable happened to the once-prolific (曾经多育的) family across Latin America. From sprawling Mexico to
A. they want to have only one son
B. they intend to lead a better life
C. they want to raise their son better
D. they intend to follow their grandmother’s advice