Only children in China, a 'beat generation'?

A research published in the US journal Science said that the first only children generation in China have relatively low mutual trusts, more pessimistic emotions, are more likely to avoid risk, and prefer stable jobs.

Children are the core of the one child families, which makes some of them impolite, irresponsible, and selfish.

However, there's bias in the report. The research with small sample size negates a generation of the only children is an overgeneralization. Scholars from Oxford University said that people's spirit of bearing hardship will decline when society gets rich, which is not specific to the only children in China, and we can't criticize them as selfish for this reason. Moreover, the only children will correct their shortcomings constantly and improve themselves.

A research jointly conducted by Peking University and the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences also shows that the only children are more open in their personalities, more satisfactory in their lives, more outgoing, and more stable in their emotions. They enjoy being free and alone, but their communication abilities are not poor; they have small circles of friends, but their friendships are more solid and longstanding. Moreover, on many occasions, the first only children generation in China has become the main force of social development.

What need to remind is that the first only children generation who have become parents should make good use of their resources, try to avoid adverse factors and well educate the second only children generation. Society and schools should provide children chances to adapt and develop interpersonal communications and EQ education, so as to remedy the shortcomings of family education.