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KSF{Kodies} · Senior Member

China Lifts One-Child Policy for Those Affected by Earthquake {kodies}

Scottster · Senior Member

well, i think the chinese just need to learn about birth control or something, and if they keep it up, mayb it IS the government's place to put a cap on the maximium children each family can have

krea · Senior Member

i do agree if a child was killed then they should be able to have another one

it seems immoral to have the government put a limit on the number of kids they can have but theyd do seriously have a population issue! and no its not compensation for their loss

kb · Senior Member

Well, China is very over crowded, I think they should have some sort of regulation. The goverment should take controll over their population issues

Zach_V · Senior Member

I don't know if regulating family size is right, but it's necessary with their over population.

davidtvelasco · Veteran Member

This attempt to regulate the population by china ma seem like it is a good idea to avoid further overpopulation in an already crowded country, but there are some significant consequences. For one there is now an uneven number of Chinese boys to girls as in their culture they are valued higher because they can help out on the farm in rural areas, and because they carry one the family name. Often baby girls are abandoned on the street because the parents are only allowed one child and they want a boy.

Danika · Veteran Member

i think it's a good thing that the Chinese government has the one-child per family policy otherwise their population would be so out of control. i also think that allowing families affected by the earthquake to have another child is the right thing to do and will help them in their time of loss.

krea · Senior Member

^^^ thats sooo sad about the girls. maybe the government should just allow the parents to have TWO kids in the family not just one thats stupid

Beccawicks · Senior Member

While it is unfortunate, because male children are favored over females, regulation is necessary in a country such as China or India. Poverty is a huge issue and regulation may help to prevent future problems.

Janell · Veteran Member

I don't agree with the one child policy. Like david said, the families favor the boys over the girls because the boys will carry the family name. This leaves to population with a greater number of boys than girls. Problem. Also, baby girls are abandoned. anyone who took sociology would know this.
However, since this is the policy in china, i do think it is a good idea to exempt the familes that losted their one child in the earthquake.

Flanny · Senior Member

i also believe regulation is necessary for sucha large country they are already over populating it, this is a very large problem, and due to this i believe it is necessary for government to step in!

alliestoom · Senior Member

i agree with population control, but not when it's done carelessly. i think they should be more adament with various birth control methods and safe sex education.

KirstenHarms · Veteran Member

i think that family has nothing to do with goverment and they should mind their own buisness. what about twins?

LauraHernandez17 · Senior Member

I think its sad as well but they have a serious population problem and i aggree with scotty about the birth control thing but it will be hard to reach the remote places. But i think regulating the amount of children people have also feeds another growing problem china has, they end up selling their children into prostitution and being little servents for people and they sell their extra kids because they can only have one.

CharlieBurling · Veteran Member

A lot of people say that population control seems like a good idea, but I guarantee that as soon as the U.S. tries to implement it, people wouldn't be too happy with it.

drewtekulve · Senior Member

I don't think it's ethical to have the government control how many kids you can have.. It's not right!

cstair23 · Senior Member

i dont really agree with family regulation
but they do have a significant problem with overpopulation as every one else has said
i think population regulation is appropriate only as a last resort to an out of control problem

furthermore i think it is a good idea to allow the families to have more children if they fit the situation and requirements

coolkidchaney · Veteran Member

It isn't right to make family to have a limit on how many kid they should have no matter how overpopulated the country is!

Beccawicks · Senior Member

But allowing people to starve and resulting in selling children into prostitution or abandoning them is okay?

I agree family regulation is a sad thing.
But its a reality for a country the size of China and with a government who really doesn't have a whole lot of compassion for human rights.

Janell · Veteran Member

if a couple has twins. They have 2 options. They either have to give one child away, sometimes they are left at an orphanage or just abandoned somewhere, or the families have to pay a really big fine.

Matt. mhm · Veteran Member

No they should NOT keep families in check. The parents need to learn, if their gunna have 5 kids, they need to know how to raise them. If that doesnt work out, than reality is gunna hit when their living on the street with 5 kids, instead of having enough money to live at home with 2.

KSF{Kodies} · Senior Member

Matt. mhm wrote:

No they should NOT keep families in check. The parents need to learn, if their gunna have 5 kids, they need to know how to raise them. If that doesnt work out, than reality is gunna hit when their living on the street with 5 kids, instead of having enough money to live at home with 2.

but its not necessarily the fact of not knowing how to raise kids but the government forcing them to only have one child, and in the case where twins are had, one of the two children is abandoned because of fear of the government. Human Rights is a big issue in the country and the one issue in China that leads to tensions between it and others.

ginagaunt! · Veteran Member

family regulation is sad thing that is occuring in china.
the fact that its being implimented now for the overpopulated problems is completly neccessary.. but if you feel the need to have more children and live outside of this goverments rule then those familes whom decide should so so..

sophie · Veteran Member

Janell wrote:

if a couple has twins. They have 2 options. They either have to give one child away, sometimes they are left at an orphanage or just abandoned somewhere, or the families have to pay a really big fine.

That's not true. If a couple has twins, they don't need to abandon one of them or pay the government. But if a couple has a child already and they have another child several years later, they need to pay to the government.

Matt. mhm · Veteran Member

KSF{Kodies} wrote:

Matt. mhm wrote:

No they should NOT keep families in check. The parents need to learn, if their gunna have 5 kids, they need to know how to raise them. If that doesnt work out, than reality is gunna hit when their living on the street with 5 kids, instead of having enough money to live at home with 2.

but its not necessarily the fact of not knowing how to raise kids but the government forcing them to only have one child, and in the case where twins are had, one of the two children is abandoned because of fear of the government. Human Rights is a big issue in the country and the one issue in China that leads to tensions between it and others.

I see what your saying. I understand, but WHY 1 child? if they cant raise kids they shouldnt be having any kids right?

KSF{Kodies} · Senior Member

Matt. mhm wrote:

KSF{Kodies} wrote:

Matt. mhm wrote:

No they should NOT keep families in check. The parents need to learn, if their gunna have 5 kids, they need to know how to raise them. If that doesnt work out, than reality is gunna hit when their living on the street with 5 kids, instead of having enough money to live at home with 2.

but its not necessarily the fact of not knowing how to raise kids but the government forcing them to only have one child, and in the case where twins are had, one of the two children is abandoned because of fear of the government. Human Rights is a big issue in the country and the one issue in China that leads to tensions between it and others.

I see what your saying. I understand, but WHY 1 child? if they cant raise kids they shouldnt be having any kids right?

but its not that they cant raise them the government will not allow it, if they have more than 1 the are fined, and have to deal with government intervention in the situation, its all due to their heavy over-population

sophie · Veteran Member

TWINS ARE A SPECIAL SITUATION!
a couple don't need to abandon one of the twins. and they don't need to pay the government for the twins.

krea · Senior Member

this isnt about if the family can raise them or not its about the government putting a limit on the number of kids

cstair23 · Senior Member

sophie wrote:

Janell wrote:

if a couple has twins. They have 2 options. They either have to give one child away, sometimes they are left at an orphanage or just abandoned somewhere, or the families have to pay a really big fine.

That's not true. If a couple has twins, they don't need to abandon one of them or pay the government. But if a couple has a child already and they have another child several years later, they need to pay to the government.

uhm
no janells right
they re not allowing families to have more than one chil

hence the name
"ONE CHILD POLICY"

they have to give the extra kid(s) away in the scenario of multiples
or what happens more often the kid is abandoned

let's remember that Sophie is from China and probably knows more than we do about this :)

-- Edited by MrsCavalluzzi at 19:09, 2008-10-10

kb · Senior Member

Everyone needs to keep in mind that they are extremly over crowed, its a population issue
If they really want to have more children, then move, they still have that option

-- Edited by kb at 19:07, 2008-10-10

Beccawicks · Senior Member

Sophie, aren't you from China?
Guys...
I think we should trust her on this.

cstair23 · Senior Member

my bad good point

natamakove · Veteran Member

i think it is all right for chinese government to control population growth, cos in china it's really crowded. but if they want to have kidS they should emigrate