Zhihu Column | Wei Chunliang: The idea of having children is aimed at primary and secondary school students

1. The idea of having children is being imposed on primary and secondary school students. Are the post-80s and post-90s generations no longer able to be exploited?

2. “We need to let primary and secondary school students understand the current state of our country’s population from the perspective of national conditions, and understand the importance of population size and structure for national development.” So, are we telling our children that the decrease in population size and the imbalance in population structure are all because they are unwilling to have children? So, is this a form of psychological manipulation from a young age?

3. Previously, it was “Study for the rise of China,” and now it’s going to become “Reproduce for the rise of China”?

4. What kind of view on childbearing is correct? What kind of view on childbearing is wrong? Is having more children correct, and having fewer or no children wrong? Please just say it directly!

5. But I remember that in the past, the walls were written with “It’s good to have only one child,” “Fewer births, better births, a lifetime of happiness,” and “Advocate for a couple to have one child.” Now, it’s being said that having more children is correct, is that right? So, the so-called correct and incorrect views on childbearing are just a matter of you opening and closing your mouths, right?

6. On the one hand, anything slightly related to sex is regarded as a flood and a beast; on the other hand, we have to educate primary and secondary school students to have children for the country, forbid early love, but urge them to get married. Isn’t this going to cause a split personality?

7. Moreover, doesn’t having children require making love? I see that this representative didn’t mention “sex education,” so are we saying that we want primary and secondary school students to establish correct views on childbearing, but we won’t give them proper sex education, is that right?

8. Our children are really miserable. They not only have to bear the pressure of academic competition, but also have to take on the responsibility of the entire nation from a young age. They are still children, and they are being urged to establish correct views on childbearing and grow up quickly to have children. It seems that the only value of children’s existence is to have children. So, are children just tools for “population size” and “population structure”?

9. If this proposal can really be implemented, I hope it won’t be reported by parents for containing sexual innuendo.

10. Save the children!