![]() I began imagining what it would be like to live with such strict controls and limited choices-specifically, I began imagining a 12-year-old boy who’d had to spend his entire life in hiding, because the government of his country said he had no right to exist. We talked about China’s One-Child policy.Īnd though I’d certainly been aware of China’s population control policies before, that was the first time I’d really thought very deeply about what impact such policies have on individuals and individual families. ![]() In the summer of 1996, we had a 3-year-old daughter and a 21-month-old son, and we were beginning to have odd conversations along the lines of, “Are we done? No more backward-facing car seats, no more baby swings, no more baby spit-up, no more sweet, pre-verbal baby coos? Or-do we want another baby?” The conversations veered from the personal to the global, as we debated the impact of our one decision on issues such as overpopulation and the earth’s limited resources. ![]() The question that stumped us was, “Do we want to have more than two?” My husband and I knew we wanted to have children. ![]() Article written about Among the Hidden for China Connection, 2006 ![]()
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