China and a one child family system, what affect do you think it will have on the next generation?

Question

Do you think they will be very spoiled, self absorbed or reserved?

The male children will have to grow up without the society of a sister.

The female children will have to grow up without knowing or having the protection of a brother.

Answer 1

I think US only children have a much bigger disadvantage. Here they at 6 weeks in many cases are put into child care so the mom out of necessity has to return to work. In China families are extended with several grandparents aunts uncles cousins living in a bustling household. Quite a difference to the 12 hour preschool where the US child is bonding with who?

Answer 2

What kind of effect do you think it CAN ONLY have, to know that millions of baby girls have been murdered, some of the brutally, because under that Chinese system, in a society that values males more than females, everyone wants a male.

So someday China will have to import women as mates for their men, or allow polygamy where each WOMAN has more than one husband.

And how do you think the children who survive under this madness will think about their own children? I hope they see how mad--and evil and brutal--the system is, and overthrow it so that they can have more than one child without having to be murderer of the ones they are "not allowed to keep."

Answer 3

Too many guys chasing too few girls. What to do with the spare men? Start a war?

Answer 4

lots and lots of spoilt children  

Answer 5

Don't you know that school is another "family" for the kids?

China has a very different ways of education both in Cities and in sub-urban area.  In addition, most kids will play together with other kids next doors and go to boarding school for the post-secondary schools.  Do not judge China's situation from an American perspective.  Looking at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games as a good example.

Answer 6

In time populations will require some degree of control. Science the reduction of wars will bring populations to where man will need to adjust to the need for controls. Birth, death, the need to limit breeding of the unfit, low levels of genetic certain strains as well as the criminally minded. Birth control as well as abortion all will be considered.

Answer 7

No more uncles and aunties to spoil them and six elders to take care of per couple - directly or via the government tax system?  It has the same effect as baby boomers staying alive longer than expected... (Financially stressed.)

The female children would grow up with plenty of bfs to hang out with thou.