Singapore oo soo saartay barnaamij cusub oo qoysas taageeraya oo qiimahiisu gaarayo $55,000 ilmo kasta

Hoggaamiyayaasha Singapore ayaa ka digay qulqulka dadka, halka khubaradu ay Mareykanka u arkaan tusaale laga bartaan

Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Singapore Lawrence Wong ayaa ku dhawaaqay xirmo cusub oo taageero qoys ah oo u dhiganta qiyaastii $55,000 ilmo kasta. Heerka taranka wuxuu hoos u dhacay 0.87 sanadkii 2025, waxaana ku xusan in ay tahay dhibaato halis ah.

Qorshaha cusub iyo hadallada hoggaamiyayaasha

Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Lawrence Wong wuxuu yiri: "We want to make a fundamental shift in how we support families. We will walk alongside parents throughout the journey of raising their children.". Wuxuu sidoo kale xusay in ay tahay in lala socdo waalidka si joogto ah.

Xirmada waxaa ka mid ah $7,000 lacag caddaan ah oo dhalashada, bay'ad sanadle ah ilaa 16 sano, daryeel carruur jaban, guri fudud, iyo fasax 24 maalmood oo loo ogolyahey lamaane saddex carruur ah. Tani waxay saddex jibaaraysaa fasaxa.

Dhibaato dadweyne iyo digniin baarlamaanka

Kuxigeenka Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Gan Kim Yong wuxuu baarlamaanka u sheegay: "This is an existential challenge.". Wuxuu ka digay in ay noqon karto mid aan la rogi karin waqti ka dib.

Singapore waxay leedahay dad ka badan lix malyuun, waxaana hoggaamiyayaashu sheegay in hoos u dhacu keeni karo burburka dadka oo kabadan 50% hal jiil. Wong wuxuu yiri: "If we rely only on births, our citizen population will shrink...".

Aragtida khubarada iyo xaaladda Mareykanka

Karen Guzzo oo ah khabiir ka tirsan UNC Chapel Hill ayaa tiri: "I was reading through what Singapore is doing and it's hard not to drool with envy...". Waxay sidoo kale tiri: "I do think [U.S. birthrates] are likely to continue trending downward".

Xiujian Peng wuxuu yiri: "There are certainly elements that other countries could learn from...". Mareykanka dhalashadiisu waa ku dhow labanlaab Singapore laakiin hoos ayay u sii degtay tan iyo 2007, dadka shaqaalaha ahna ma helaan fasax qoys.

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a sweeping new family support package worth roughly $55,000 per baby, aimed at countering a demographic crisis that has driven the nation's fertility rate to just 0.87 in 2025, far below the replacement level needed to sustain its population.

A Historic Investment in Families

The package includes a $7,000 cash payment at birth, annual payments and credits until the child turns 16, more affordable daycare, better housing access, and expanded paid leave allowing married couples with three children to take up to 24 days off work each year. It roughly triples the amount of paid leave previously available.

Wong said the steps are needed to counter a looming demographic crisis that he said threatens 'our ability to keep Singapore going.' He added, 'We want to make a fundamental shift in how we support families. We will walk alongside parents throughout the journey of raising their children.' The plan also expands efforts to help fathers spend more time parenting.

An Existential Demographic Challenge

Singapore's deputy prime minister, Gan Kim Yong, told parliament that the nation's demographic crisis could soon face a point of no return. He warned, 'This is an existential challenge. Over time it will be practically impossible to reverse the trend because we will have fewer and fewer women who can bear children.'

Singapore's leaders say the low fertility rate could lead to a population collapse of more than 50% in a single generation. Wong acknowledged that if the country relies only on births, its citizen population will shrink, it will age more rapidly, and there will be fewer younger Singaporeans to support a growing number of seniors.

Lessons and Divergent Paths for the U.S.

Karen Guzzo, an expert on family development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said she found Singapore's approach hard not to envy. 'It offers investments in children and family for an extended period of time and I think that's really important,' she said. She noted that U.S. birthrates are likely to continue trending downward and that current measures like child tax credits and savings accounts 'aren't going to do much.'

While Singapore invests heavily in families, the Trump administration is working to strip visa status from hundreds of thousands of migrants now living in the U.S. legally. Most American workers get no paid family leave, and Trump has been an outspoken opponent of federal government help with childcare, telling supporters, 'Don't send any money for daycare. The United States can't take care of daycare.'