May 15, 2008

One-child policy

Mom and I had the same thought yesterday about the children killed in the school collapses as a result of the Chinese earthquake: "How many of those were only children?"

Somebody at the NYT had the same thought.

How many parents have lost their only child, and how many are too economically tied to their jobs to have another? I doubt that Chinese employers have embraced the concepts of parental leave, flex-time, or in-house day care.

What a horror.

Posted by Linkmeister at May 15, 2008 12:01 PM | TrackBack
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