The first thing that I have found out is that I did not know that Singapore had a 2-child policy in the first place as I have always heard the government encouraging Singaporeans to have more children. However, the 2-child policy turned out to be too successful that which, the government had to tell more people to have more children, because of our aging population.
Secondly, regarding the 1-child policy in China, I found out the many reasons behind it. There were not enough teachers for so many students if each citizen of China had more than 1 child. This is when the supply is low, and the demand is high.
Lastly, I found out about the 'generation pyramid' or rather, an inverted one. As of China's 1-child policy, the child will have to provide for his parents, and his grandparents which totals up to 6 people. Therefore, in today's day and age, China have changed their perspective from their decision to establish the 1-child policy, so they are now allowing citizens to have more than 1 child.
The 2 perceptions that I have gained is that I have changed my perception of China's 1-child policy, as initially, I thought that China wanted to reduce their population size so they had planned for this decision, but after this lesson, I found out that this was not the case at all. Next, another perception that I have gained is I understood why both countries--China and Singapore wanted to plan the different policies.
Last but not least, the 1 question that I have is that when the government encourages people to have more children instead of just 2, then how will their parents be able to provide for so many children, is the government just considering the fact of our aging population?
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