Reply #36: I've heard about the problem from my husband's co-workers who [View All]

[Pacifist Patriot]

travel there frequently for work.

The only Chinese child I've had contact with was a little girl who came over for a business conference with her parents. She wasn't overtly bratty like the little boy, but the fawning from the parents was almost nauseating and I really wondered how she was going to react when she found out the rest of the world wasn't going to treat her that way.

Unfortunately, I agree this is a consequence of a single child policy. This is NOT to say that single children are treated this way all over the world. My own nephew is not -- in fact, I think his dad is too strict but that's another story. But when a society is comprised of single-child families I can see where this would come from.

But most importantly,


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