Tuesday, May 5, 2009

One child, alone?

China introduced it's one child policy rule in 1979. It's helped control the population and is still enforced as of today. Question is, should it be continued? I kind of had no idea, until I read about this, this year. So for me, a teenage to read this, I'm thinking that they're saying there's too many chinese people. Maybe there is, and if the reason to control the population is because of space, or not enough food to go around, then yes. Other than that, who are you to tell someone they can only have one child (for free).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy
"Parents with multiple births aren’t given the same benefits as parents of one child. Many times the parents have to pay money to the government in order to get permission to have another child."

So it costs more money to have more kids. Hm...

I've always wanted to have a family with three to five kids. I grew up with three older brothers. Home would be very different if it were not for my siblings. Maybe it's just me, but I would rather be around more brothers and sisters, than to be alone.

In this case, the only way to answer the question, is to pretend you being that one kid. As an asian kid, I know my parents work early in the morning and come home around night time. I remember I would go to school when they go to work, then come home and once I'm asleep, they would finally get home. If it weren't for my brothers, I would be bored out of my mind. I wouldn't know what to do, except to go outside and find some friends or something. But friends come and go. I could, and can always, count on my blood.

I'd just hate to be an only child because of a stupid rule.

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