Maximos Charakopoulos for Multi-Children's Day: The nuclear family is the basic unit of societytranslated

"In a country plagued by low birth rates, large families, going against the grain, are examples of hope and optimism. It is the State's duty to continue to support them in every way, but also to give substantial incentives to those who would like to have more children, so that they can realize their wish", said the Secretary General of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group, MP for Larissa, Mr. Maximos Harakopoulos, on the occasion of today's Multi-Children's Day. The Thessalian politician underlined that "our society has now become painfully aware of the devastating dimensions that the demographic shrinking of the population has taken. Deaths, unfortunately, are twice as many as births. The average age is very high. Schools are closing due to lack of children.

The reasons for the phenomenon are many. In addition to the undeniable financial difficulties, the housing problem that is becoming more and more intense, the lack of time for raising children, as the working hours are long, certain social patterns that prevailed in the previous decades also play a role.

Parents who…