The Negative Effects Of The Baby Boom

Canada’s population has had drastic changes in the past 60 years. The cause of these extreme changes would be a nation-wide event of a large increase in children. Even though Our future is also dependent on our own choices, we cannot let history define our choices, This topic is very important to Canadians because it did not only shape the history of Canada but also the coming years, our future. They shape our future so drastically because the baby boom generated many new businesses and shaped the main industries of Canada and the Baby Boom children are the mothers and fathers of this generation, they have shaped our points of view and daily life patterns. In this essay I will talk about the negative and positive effects the Baby Boom has …show more content…
To understand these effects you first must understand the circumstances they were born in. Both young and old families postponed their time to have children until after the great depression, because they didn’t want their children to live through such hard times, so once the great depression ended, children were popping up faster than flowers. Then there were people who were at the average age to have childrens offspring to add to this number. Also to add to that people started getting married young and having their children in the first 4 years of marriage. So for their first years on earth, diapers and baby-food would’ve been high in demand so that business would have escalated opening jobs in that industry. Then as the baby Boom grew older, the industries “aged with them.” Then as soon as the baby boom reaches the ideal age to have children, the baby population would once again drastically increase, but now that the baby boom is in working age, they can afford to pay for all the necessities of the young. The businesses will also increase that are targeted for middle aged people and once again the industry is following all the decisions made by the baby boom. Now all of the sudden Canada is becoming wealthier and economically more advanced, setup perfectly for the next generation by the current generation. Sadly not all of the effects of the baby boom were positive. For example any generation that is not in the baby boom will be living in a country shaped for a different generation and they will be considered as a “minority.” For example, while the baby boomers were kids the senior citizens might have had bad health care and amenities. Also Canada must’ve been in debt while the baby boomers were kids because the adults had to provide for a large population of minors unable to work, the dependency load is too much for the working people to