On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Vinayak Hegde <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am surprised that non one has brought up China's one-child policy yet > and it's implications such as the only one children being pampered to death > by 6 people two sets of grandparents and one set of parents. > > Except that China's one-child policy also leads to an extraordinary amount of pressure and stress for the children. As the sole hope of their family's tree, the kind of pressures they deal with, often means that the kids, rather than being the 'brats' described in this article, grow up to be overworked and one-dimensional without any space for expression, creativity or growth. I think the distinction is between the cultures of expectation and availability of resources in both the contexts. Or at least, this is what I am basing on the 8 months I spent in Shanghai. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah
