The One Child Policy Outline

Introduction
Hook- China has been one of the most populated country in the world throughout the
history of mankind has known.
Connecting information- However, China has blamed its social problems to the
massive population and tried to limit its citizens by enforcing a one child policy.
Thesis- This policy regulates the number of offspring a couple can have, thus
resulting problems in many different fields.

Body1
Topic sentence- The one child policy caused considerable changes in the sex ratio
of its country resulting side effects.
1. In China the gender ratio started[ing] from a rather healthy 106 in 1979, rising
to 111 in 1990, and peaking at 121 in 2005. In some rural areas, the SRB was
thought to have been as high as 130. The numbers unevenly rose to a dangerous
degree due to the favoritism to boy babies.
2. The over-abundance of boy babies leaves out a high percentage, up to 30
percent, of eligible bachelors with no hopes of getting married.
3. Among these young men eager to get married may commit women kidnapping,
which was a custom in some reigns in China.
Body2
Topic sentence- The policy has brought about problems regarding human rights. The
regulation imposes an enormous fine to the parents who have more children than the
regulation accepts. For parents who do not have the financial capability to pay off the
penalty, their options are very limited.
1. Some parents get an abortion. Approximately 336 million fetus were not given
the chance to grow in its mothers womb and scream out their first cry due to
the one child policy (Moore 2013)
2. Others sell their child to a broker. As the fines are commonly several times an
annual income for low and middle class workers (Gulckman 2013), the yet to
be parents often sell the child to brokers who deals human trafficking. The
brokers would pay the fine instead and extra in return for the childs custody.
Female babies would be raised to be sold again to be engaged in forced
marriage due to the gender imbalance, and the male babies are turned into
labor workers after taken away from their parents (Fetterly 2014).
3. The rest leave the child out of any kind legal system. The only way to keep the

child without paying the penalty is by concealing the child from all legal
systems. These children are named black children or heihaizi in Chinese, are
unregistered second or third child not are not enlisted by the government.
They technically are not Chinese citizens thus owning no rights as a Chinese,
excluded from any benefits given by the government. As the black children are
restrained formal education, their level of education was remarkably low due
to their social status (Ahn 93).
Body 3
Topic sentence- The one child policy has changed the traditional family model thus
causing psychological problems to the only child in the family.
1. To children their siblings are the primary source to learn social skills. However
for the young children of china, they are rejected of any social peer review
from their siblings. Thus, this insufficiency of interactions with siblings
resulted in less social skills and lower self-respect.
2. Despite the efforts of the one child parent makes to expand the childs social
network and enhance interactions with peers, a great deal of contact with
peers are not enough to offset the effects of being an only child (Chronicle Of
Higher Education 2013).
3. As for the only child in the family, the burden builds as the child grows into
adulthood and reaches the age when he has to financially provide for his
elders in the family. This is called the Four-two-one problem for the four
grandparents, two from both side of the family: mothers side and fathers
side and two for the both parents of the only child to support. At such a young
age, it is practically unbearable to support four family members, putting the
only child in a stressful position.
Conclusion
Thesis- the Chinese one child policys outcomes has impacted its citizens with many
inhumane outcomes that followed up and left the country with incurable scars.
Opinion- The outcomes have changed the lives of many Chinese citizens in various
ranges. In a personal level to a more sophisticated level, the lives of millions of only
children has to endure what none others has been though, a path which is forced by
the government, to walk alone. Thus, the policy must be ban to protect and endure
its citizens their rights.