3 things I found out
1) Singapore's two-child policy ('Stop at 2' Campaign) was implemented in 1972 and abolished in 1987, encouraging parents to have three or more children if they could afford it.
2) China's one-child policy was implemented in 1979 and abolished in 2015 with the implementation of the two-child policy.
3) Both Singapore's two-child policy and China's one-child policy were implemented due to rapidly increasing population and birth rate, and abolished due to decreasing population and birth rate.
2 perceptions I have gained
1) A rapid increase in population caused the Singapore government to impose restrictions in the number of children in a family but education changed the mindset of the people, which caused them to prefer to have fewer or no children.
2) Gender discrimination, where boys are favoured over girls, caused people in China to abandon their daughters just after birth in order to try for another child, hoping for a boy. This caused a gender imbalance, with more men than women, resulting in a continuous cycle of decreasing population and birth rate.
1 question I have
1) How can the current incentives to encourage larger families be improved to get a better response by the public?
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