China's One-Child Policy DBQ

China’s One Child Policy may have benefited them financially, but did not the lower or social economy as a whole.Fertility rates were also proven to have lowered from 4 or 5 kids to 1. It did help them reach their goal of reducing the population but it also had its disastrous side effects. China’s One Child Policy was a bad idea because it lead to children becoming spoiled ( Document D), Children having to help their parents during their old age ( Document B), and a Male Dominant Population. (Document E). The One-Child Policy falls under the worst ideas china had ever made.According to CNN.com, the rural areas and some people kept a secret or also did not follow the rules of the one child policy. The government also forced many abortions onto families if they did not follow the various rules of the policy. …show more content…
According to Document D, Since there was no competition for attention and resources, “ These teens have been socialized to value educational and career success and provided the resources with which to achieve it. However, this also means that they are not willing to share anything and become extremely selfish. This also means that the child can suffer from mental illnesses like depression because he has no one in his family that is his age and can bond with. Document D also states that the kids enjoy privileged lifestyles different from before the policy.It can also be said that the child would not learn how to share because it was never taught to them in the first