China's OneChild Policy Effects on Generation

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Children born under China's one-child policy, which limits most urban families to a single child, are less trusting, more risk-averse and more pessimistic than children born before the policy went into action, a new study finds.

The research in some ways confirms stereotypes in the Chinese media about "Little Emperor Syndrome," which is the idea that a generation of only children in the country is growing up coddled and unsocialized. The seeming personality changes could have real-world impacts, the researchers say, creating a relatively risk-averse generation that may hinder innovation.

However, the size of the study may limit its findings, an outside researcher warned.

http://www.livescience.com/26166-china-one-child-policy-changes-personalities.html

[Simbi Laveau]

Considering they are like India ,in that they have been known to dump female babies into the street to die ,its their own fault they have such a huge little emperor problem .

They only want male babies .

There was a murder at a kareoke bar bar because of a fight over some little emperors behavior .Last year I think .

Duh

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We document that China's One-Child Policy, one of the most radical approaches to limiting population growth, has produced significantly less trusting, less trustworthy, more risk-averse, less competitive, more pessimistic, and less conscientious individuals.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2013/01/09/science.1230221

[Ashotep]

Who are all those guys going to marry and reproduce with? They have something to get uptight about.