“The Case for Single- Child Families” Mckibben "The Case for Single –Child Families." first appeared in the Christian century in 1998. In this essay Mckibben aims to convince his readers that having one child doesn’t mean that you’re child will follow the single child stereotype‚ and that the environmental status of our planet will worsen if we continue to have a growing population. "If we keep heating the planet at our current pace‚ the seas will rise two feet in the next century.” Personal
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India is not that far behind with a population of 1‚210‚193‚422 (Population in China 2013‚ 2013). The Chinese government has tried to help with trying to sustain the population by implementing a “one child rule”. The “one child rule” basically is when a family is not allowed to have more than one child. This leads to the next issue‚ women’s health and rights. In a perfect world there would be a family that consists of at least two children‚ a boy and a girl‚ but in India that is not the case
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cannot but get envious at any only child around. Being the only child may seem as the best thing in this world. Yes‚ only children are truly the most cared‚ loved persons in the family. But this love and care sometimes demands some obliged responsibility. It is seen that in many families of our country that if they have an only child‚ they start to dream a lot about them since their early age. “Our only child will have to shine the name of the family”. “My child will only choose that profession
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factors of all nations as well. SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION Sex Selective Abortion: The Consequences of a World Full of Men The act of sex-selective abortion revolves around terminating a pregnancy solely based on the gender of the child. This barbaric practice stems from the deeply-held cultural beliefs in Eastern countries in which male heirs are considered far more valuable than females. This
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In both “On Going Home” written by Joan Didion and “The Case for Single-Child Families” written by Bill McKibben‚ family is the main topic that each author centers their stories. While each author has different perspectives‚ they also have some similarities that come to the surface.Both passages are full of insights of how each author views their families and how their families have shaped their lives. Individually each author has a different tone and style‚ but each let the aspect of family effect
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another extent we can also find Abortion is very popular social problem that happens. Female foeticide is a practice that involves the detection of the sex of the unborn baby in the womb of the mother and the decision to abort it if the sex of the child is detected as a girl. This could be done at the behest of the mother‚ or father‚ or both or under family pressure. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo‚ resulting in or caused
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sounds like an antiabortion and will speak for having a child; but as the poem came to an ending it seemed like she is trying to justify her own actions. As the poem goes on the speaker suddenly changes her language and starts to talk about herself in a first person language. She explains how she cannot forget how many children she has killed. From the second part of the poem she starts to talk about her children‚ which meant that she had not one but multiple abortions and now is haunted by it. She
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released a One-Child policy to slightly limit the population rate‚ problems are continuing to grow at a constant rate. The most powerful institution in the nation of China is the Communist Party of China‚ otherwise known as the CPC. They set goals and policy that the government then sets in motion (Dramer). The Chinese government is generally thought to be repressive‚ while freedoms of speech‚ assembly‚ religion‚ and press are not well respected (“China”). In
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world that already discriminated against me on the sole knowledge of my sex. As a female first born in China‚ I experience discrimination everywhere. The establishment of the One Child Policy was an example of favoritism of the male gender and the upper class‚ who get away with having a first-born daughter‚ or even a second child. Even among family members‚ my own grandma never failed to remind me of her thoughts on me being her first grandchild. With my cousin‚ Anthony‚ born just 12 days after me‚
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BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG Against the One-Child Policy How would you like to give up your son or daughter? Thousands of kids are out there motherless due to the one-child policy. If you only have one child‚ they might get lonely. Because men are the ones to usually do work‚ most people only want boys. This means there are a lot more boys than girls. If you decide to pay fines up for a second child‚ they will most likely end up with bad health care. Though this policy was very successful‚ it is still
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