China’s one child policy causing school aged children to stress

China’s one child policy means many children grow up with their parents and two sets of grandparents focusing exclusively on them, driving them to succeed in a nation of 1.3bn people where gaining entry to universities, government jobs and graduate careers is highly competitive.

Even among young children, mountains of homework and long hours of extra-curricular activities are not uncommon as China’s new middle classes strive to give their only children an edge over their playground rivals.

“The aspirations of many parents, who had limited educational opportunities themselves are now invested in their only children,” the study said.

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