One Child Policy...Good and Bad

In this article is describes the negative and positive outcome of the one child policy in China.  The Chinese government believed that preventing families from having more than one child would create economic growth by decreasing its population size.  By placing this policy in effect the government was able to do just that, prevent population growth.

I agree and disagree with the one child policy.  I agree with this policy because your success rate will increase with the fact that you are solely responsible for the care and well-being of one child.  It can be quite difficult to make sure that the wants and needs are met for more than one child and yourself. Chinese workers are underpaid in the jobs they have, therefore they are not able to afford to live as good as individuals in other  countries, especially the United States.  I believe that Chinese parents would want their children to be much better off and successful. In order to make this a reachable goal
Chinese parents would be willing to work as laborers receiving crappy wages so that they can send their kids to good schools.  Imagine having more than one child....This would be an unrealistic and unreachable goal for many Chinese families.

I disagree with this policy because there are so many unpredicted things that could present itself, such as tragedy.  Chinese encountered a natural disaster recently that took the lives of many people including innocent children.  Since there is a one child policy in place, what happens to those families who have lost a child due to this unpredicted natural disaster?  These men and women may not be healthy or young enough to reproduce another life if given the okay to do so by the government.  There will be a void that can't be replaced and these families are just left to grieve the lost of a love one.

Therefore, the one child policy can be beneficial to both the families and the government in China.  The government will benefit by growing economically and preventing China from becoming overpopulated.  The families benefit from the fact they brought a life into the world that can change some or most of the hardships they had to face in the past.  These changes will come from better education which will provide these young people with better jobs to help take care of their families.