(ECNS) -- Some primary school students in Qingdao, Shandong Province, have organized an "Anti-Second Kid Alliance" opposing their parents in having a second baby, eastday.com reported on Thursday.
"I've just learned that some students in my class secretly set up a coalition to oppose their parents to have a second kid," said a head teacher.
Children may be terrifically excited about their parents having a second baby, but many of them will feel incredibly shunned by lack of attention after their younger brothers or sisters are born, the teacher surnamed Wang said.
In addition to this opposition from firstborns, couples still need to consider many other factors such as physical conditions, babysitting candidates, and career planning before rushing to have more children, experts suggested.
Mothers-to-be need to evaluate the effects of postpartum recovery, exhaustion and stress of taking care of a baby. They will have to start all over and go through sleep-deprived nights again.
Many parents still have no plans for a second child because their own parents are too old to take care of grandchildren and they do not want to be overwhelmed by the responsibility.
Hao, who became a full-time housewife after giving birth to her second child, said her parents-in law are both over 70 and are not expected to help with babysitting.
The rising cost of childbearing also stops many parents from having a new family member. Lin, a mother of two children, said her first child was forced to quit talent training classes due to a tight family budget.
In addition, it's no surprise to hear that harried mothers want to focus on their careers and don't want to juggle work with raising another child.
"If we want to take longer maternity leave, we have to give up our current positions," said a woman surnamed Li, a manager of 10 staff in her department.
