Do you think China has it right - one baby per family?

I can see where over population can be a concern and I do think that education is the key to preventing "unwanted" babies. I also think that the adoption process could use some work...I mean lets face it it doesn't take much for couples to unintentionally become parents whether they want to or not but couples who desperately WANT to become parents but can't the natural way have to jump through hoops to get a child. The thing is the adoption process is in place to protect the adults and the children involved. There are sick people in the world that would use adoption as a means to get children for unlawful and sick purposes if adoption was easier. There are also people who would use children to scam money out of unsuspecting hopeful adoptive parents....well there already are, imagine if adoption was even easier than it is now. BUT...in the end I don't think the government has the right to tell people how many children they should or shouldn't have. It's infringing way to much on a couple's personal rights. What's next? The government deciding how we raise our children? What food we give them? What schools, colleges, or careers they get into? Who they marry? Whether or not we or they are even allowed to have children at all? Government should stick with running government and let us run our families.

Well let's divide this into the two parts. I do think china is right in trying to control there population. I mean over one billion people in a very small area just doesn't work well at all, so they need some kind of control system. As for global over population, that I'm not so concerned with. We are on the verge of figuring out how to colonize the moon, and then mars. Once that happens we will have multiple planets to live on and off of. I think that population problems will come under more control once that happens.

Yes, this world is very over-populated, and China is only doing what is right for their country. They knew that they had too many people living in their country and they did what they thought was right, and if that means having one child per family than so be it. Now, I respect the right to life people and the right to have life, but look at how many people are in this world! There are now more than 7.8 million people living on this planet, not to mention there is a third baby boom in process. That is way too many people.

If every family only had one child, each succeeding generation would be half the size of the generation before it, assuming that everyone had a child. This could cause a lot of social problems with caring for seniors, etc. I do agree that it should be easier to adopt orphan children. There are so many couples who would be able to provide a good life for a child, and it can be very difficult to match them up with a baby/child who needs them.

The problem with "one baby per family" is that China is still a culture that prizes boy children over girl children. Many people in China have gotten rid of their girl children, and had another baby, hoping for a boy. I doubt over population will be much of a problem when, in a few decades, China runs out of girl children. Pretty soon the country will become dangeriously under populated!!!

Whether to have a child or adopt a child is a very personal choice. Unfortunately, China has a huge overpopulation problem and they were forced to have the one child policy.I don't think it would be a good idea to try to do it anywhere else.There are so many people that would just ignore the law and have as many children they wanted.

It is a shame that things have come to this..but I do agree with this rule. The world is becoming overpopulated and there simply is not enough resources and food to go around...so we have to cut back somehow...and having less children to support in some of these highly overpopulated countries like China is a good step...

I think we need to re-examine and figure out a way to use our resources better so that we can maintain the growing population, but it should be up to different countries to decide on their own laws about children. I live in canada and there is TONS or room left here, we have the second largest land mass in the world, and probably the least amount of people per land anywhere else !! PLUS we have "free" healthcare for all ;) I think your right about the adoption laws, the parents wanting to do the adopting shouldnt have to pay, but they should do a really thourough screening process for sure before they give a child to anyone.

Look people assume that if you are unable to have your own children, you can take anybody, no matter how mentally or physically challenged or how much the original parents or guardians beat or abused the child, but that is not that case. So they try to pressure the infertile couple to take these children (whether by punishment or necessity, I do not know. ) In fact, there is one mylot member who decided to have herself made infertile so that people who wanted healthy babies that looked liked them not to get any of her children if her partner was careless. That is how far this has gone and it has to stop. I think that hard to place children should be placed with people who are better able to take care of them. From what I heard, the most successful parents who raise hard to place are those who already have children of their own, not a couple who never had a baby. They need to learn to care for their own from the beginning, not have a child who they will have problems with through inexperience. There are babies available overseas in countries where if they were adopted could be mistaken for the couple's natural children, but it costs too much to adopt and there has to be a way for the potential parents to go to the country, adopt the baby immediately and stay behind until the procedure is legalized, not have to write letters or return to the State and then have the baby shipped over or return to pick up the child when bonding is less likely to happen. Now in China, the reason for the one child policy was probably that previous many Wealthy Chinese men had concubines and children by them, so had the Chinese had the one wife per man and no mistresses or the mistresses maybe had only one child, they would not have instituted that policy, but once they got down to the level, they should have stopped the one child policy. And there is the danger that they are killing the girls so they can have sons and soon it will be like India where there are more boys than girls in a lot or provinces. Make adoption easier. The infertile couple should not feel they are being punished or that they are bad people or that God punished them with infertility because a child of theirs might be the next John Gacey.

Ha! Thats a great question! Sometimes when we look at it objectively, it is good move by china. Population will be under control and the economical status of families and the country itself will be naturally at a sound level. However, the rule does involve the interest of the couple and since it government touches something beyond what can be seen (that is the feelings and desire of the couple) it will look like a matter of disturbing personal opinions. As far as adoption is concerned, my view is just analogous to that of artemis432.

Overpopulation have already been a big thing for all over the world,especially for China and India.I consider we have to do something to maintaining sustainable development.But I am bitter against the law that couples can only have one baby.Govement have no right to permit individual's childbirth. However,how can we treat with this problem?It deserves going a step further to discuss.

Yes the world really is overpopullated but I think what the Chinese think isn't that agreeabled. I mean when the time comes when the child finds out s isn't the biological child, he might go crazy and try to kill himself.

They can actually have 2 babies if the first one is a girl. It's terrible to me because you can hardly see any pregnant women on the street. I don't like China for couple reasons and this is one of them.

Hello, artemis! i think the Government of China has rightly imposed the restriction- one baby per family because it is already over populated.and if the birth rate would continue unabated there would be no roof for the newly born babies and there would be even shortage of food to feed them.i appreciate the idea and i urge the Government of India to introduce such restrictions on its people for birth control.thank you.

Great question you have posed. I do not like government interference in our lives when it comes to children. The world is large enough to encompass more children. China is a huge country with an enormous population. They believe much differently than USA due to their population - they do not seem to value life as we do. I also know that are resources are running out - it is up to the people on this planet to ensure they do not. Sunny Waters

I am from China, so I think I have the rights to talk about this subject. Frankly, I don't think it's right for the one child policy here. I know the overpopulation is serious, but it doesn't mean that we should have one child only. Having one child is very risky in some aspects. Especially when we don't have well protection after unemployment or retirement. What can we depend on? We have to count on our child. And one child really has a heavy burden because he/she will have his/her own family. Since it's one child, so perhaps he/she will be spoiled. Single child will have some shortcomings. And I don't think this rule is fair. Because some rich or poor people always can have more children. So it's not fair for the middle class families. Frankly, I think two children will be good for every family. Because at least they can take care of each other when we are gone. And they can share burdens, too. And today some families even don't want to have the child because the cost is so high. So why not to allow people to have one more child? I don't want many, two will be already fine for me. Even if you ask me to have three children, I will say no anyway.

Overpopulation is a problem that is threaning our nature resources.but there are other problems,the one is that china is still a culture that prizes boy cildren over girl children.Though government has made it a law that couples can only have one baby,there are too many couples in the country wants to have more children even they are poor.They want to have a huge family, have two or more children,have sons.government have no right to tell people how many children they should or shouldn't have,but overpopulation is a real problem,how can we solve it?

i don't think any one has the right to tell you how many kids you can have or can not have. it should be your own decision. this is coming from a mother of four