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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:17 AM Original message |
I saw first hand, at length one of the major downfalls of the one child policy this week |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. You cannot extrapolate the behavior |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. This is a well documented issue, it's not jsut me saying it. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. One child, two children, three children |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. That's the point though. The one child policy is creating bad parenting |
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Here4DaLinks (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "Attributed most frequently to increased spending power within the family unit and..." from ur link |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. More than one child becomes self policing. Usually with a certain amount... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. I have a friends with a kid just like that... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. If it's so well documented, then maybe you could have provided some links |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Yes, all generalities are wrong |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Yeah, even when there are well-known social isses involved. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. eh? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm sorry you had to witness that. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Nah, didn't ruin it. I felt bad for the mom though, but it's her and her husband's fault |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Congratulations on the wedding! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yeah, that was the biggest thing.... nothing, nothing, nothing then SNAP |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. I saw something about the divorce rates of the one child policy types... |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't see what that has to do with being a single child. It looks more like a parenting issue. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Because the Chinese are only allowed one child, they tend to spoil them rotten |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Are you in China? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yarp |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. right |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Exactly. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Just an FYI, there are brats and clueless parents in large families, too. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes, but I'm talking about a well-known issue in China |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 03:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. It's not just the parents, it's the grandparents too. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. it does to a degree |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well, I did a bit of reading. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The cases of spoiling are not rare by any means |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. "At that age food I refused to eat was forcibly injected into my stomach through my asshole," |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. I am so sorry you had to witness this |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Speaking of trivial.... this response comes to mind. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. "Nuts to that," sez I, and walked in. |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's a Good Life |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. My god. This kid is like Helen Keller before Annie Sullivan intervened. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. congrats to you and your wife.... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. VERY LONG |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Your post made me think about how much has changed in my life since I found DU. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. My Dad went to China over 20 years ago and told me much the same thing. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. China has had the one child per family rule since the 1970s |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, but now they have money to spend on the kids |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. I've heard about the problem from my husband's co-workers who |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Oh, please, look at large families.... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Again, though, the issue isn't the amount of kids |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I hate to say it, but as I read your OP I pretty much expected the... |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Yes, it actually is the amount of kids... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You didn't read either the OP or my response very carefully. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
37. My brother's kids |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. It is about parenting, but it's also about what creates a culture that results.... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
38. I would chalk that up more to over-indulgent parenting |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Yeah, but the reason for such parenting is the issue. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
49. Recently, I heard someone make the distinction between "problems" and "stresses" |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. Similar events occur at 18 when these emporers come to America for college |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I see that all the time.... 20-year-old men who can't even make their own lunch |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. One of my daughters is a nanny |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. Upon further reflection |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I think it's cause many of them aren't noveau riche |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
55. This surely can't be a new phenomenon |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 03:19 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yes, cause the parents now have money to spoil them, they didn't before |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
59. Ah, the unintended consequences of authoritarian policies. nt |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
60. On the plus side, the human population is slightly reduced |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. Bad Parenting happens everywhere. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
62. I can't believe a post that chronicles a bratty kid into a conclusion netted 15 recs |
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