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Text｜Appearance and Inner Feelings Chen Zijie Yu Liling

Edited by Fu Xiaoling and Cao Binling

Text｜Appearance and Inner Feelings Chen Zijie Yu Liling

Edited by Fu Xiaoling and Cao Binling

"You are almost 40 and you want to have a third child. Is there a throne in your family that you want to inherit?" The prenatal nurse's joke left Xu Tong stunned.

It was shocking to hear such words in an obstetrics and gynecology hospital, but she could understand it.

In the public's perception, families who want to have a third child now either have a mine, or they prefer boys to girls, or they are ignorant and have children without considering the consequences. No normal person would simply want to have a child at such an old age.

What's more, when it comes to the third child, there is no need to reiterate the practical issues such as older mothers, economic pressure, and allocation of educational resources. If you are not sure you can be a good parent of three children, trying for a third child would be irresponsible towards life.

But unlike the public opinion that "the talk of birth is scary", in real life, many families are working hard to have a second or third child. Among the newborns in the country, families with multiple children account for more than half, and in 2022, the proportion of families with three or more children will increase to 15%.