The Single Child Theory

After watching this rather interesting drama series done by Mainland China, my brother and I came up with this theory.

The Single Child Theory

Watching others arguing is always entertaining
if you are the only child. This is because you don't have other siblings to argue with so watching other families arguing is rather intriguing. Therefore the mainlanders decided that there would be entertainment value in making dramas based on families with multiple children who argue a lot. Common sceneries include siblings arguing over space, objects, parents' attention, and power.

This is very good for communist propaganda
because a single child of a family will watch this program and will think that the government was smart for making a one-child policy. They'll feel lucky that they themselves do not have to go through the burden of sharing with other siblings and arguing with them. They will get all the attention they want from their parents and will always be number one in the family.

For more information, read about the "Little Emperor Syndrome"

Little Emperor Syndrome
is basically this crazy thing that's going on in urban China because of the one child policy. These kids born during the one-child era are very used to being the only child and getting all the attention. One word: Spoiled.