Only two weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal came out with a very interesting article. It reports that Lee Ping, now the primary force in Mainland China, is deploring the plight of families in his land. Families are falling apart throughout Mainland China. There is no nation that has, heretofore, had a longer, stronger concept of the family than Mainland China, going back thousands of years. However, for the first time in the history of the human race, there is a nation that is curtailing the number of children a family is legally allowed to bear.
Some studies are directly opposed to such a theory.
Obviously, much of it has to do with parental sensitivity and responsiveness. To put forth a supposition on this issue is not the real agenda here. However, it is sobering to realize that a country has actually passed a law against multiple childbearing. And, as we watch the progression of just such a society, it appears that many of these children who are growing up, void of sibling interaction, are lacking experience on how to give and take with a brother or a sister. From my observation, they are missing the positive social tension that inevitably develops within a family unit, teaching each individual how to interact with other members of the human race.