Thanks for tipoff to this article in the Telegraph.
It describes another trend in China that has arisen out of the One Child Policy.
You may be familiar with the idea of 'Little Emperors': the only children who are sometimes spoiled or indulged as parents only have one child to lavish their attention on.
The 'precious snowflakes' are the children who, in a similar way, have been so molly-coddled that they are unable to cope with much stress in their lives.
A fascinating quote at the end of the article:
"The first generation of single children have already been deprived of having brothers and sisters. The second generation is even worse: they do not have cousins, uncles or aunts either. Some of them face being entirely alone when they grow up and their parents pass away. Think how lonely they will be."
One to explore further perhaps...
It describes another trend in China that has arisen out of the One Child Policy.
You may be familiar with the idea of 'Little Emperors': the only children who are sometimes spoiled or indulged as parents only have one child to lavish their attention on.
The 'precious snowflakes' are the children who, in a similar way, have been so molly-coddled that they are unable to cope with much stress in their lives.
A fascinating quote at the end of the article:
"The first generation of single children have already been deprived of having brothers and sisters. The second generation is even worse: they do not have cousins, uncles or aunts either. Some of them face being entirely alone when they grow up and their parents pass away. Think how lonely they will be."
One to explore further perhaps...
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