tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post4311923584048252548..comments2024-03-26T19:47:09.310+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: Some Thoughts on Having Children in Taiwanese CultureJenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-50638339844254325262011-08-07T23:44:28.295+08:002011-08-07T23:44:28.295+08:00Good points, Little Dog, although I'd add one ...Good points, Little Dog, although I'd add one thing.<br /><br />I don't think the low birth rate is a bad thing. Taiwan is too densely populated as it is, and its environment can't support a much higher population. Even now, it rains so often especially in northern Taiwan and yet there is always a water shortage, because of infrastructure that needs improvement and the country's Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-51246873745259404462011-08-07T23:12:10.658+08:002011-08-07T23:12:10.658+08:00the tone of your points brings out the "forei...the tone of your points brings out the "foreign friend-ness" over some very senstive issues that we locals probably need to be careful with. haha.<br />what haunts the nation now is the low birth rate, which results from very complicated social economic reasons in the last one decade (our central bank governor was blamed for the low birth rate one time. and the argument against him is Little Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11246527648747320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-3525057775684590972011-08-07T00:28:56.855+08:002011-08-07T00:28:56.855+08:00Hahahha...yeah, I get it. "We must have a son...Hahahha...yeah, I get it. "We must have a son to carry on the Chen family name! Otherwise the Chens might die out!"<br /><br />Yeah. Well.<br /><br />Holly - I am not so sure that desire for boys outstrips girls in the USA. I bet there are statistics out there. When I have more free time I might seek them out.<br /><br />The goddess you mean is Zhusheng Niangniang. And according to my Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-83705445982102700932011-08-06T19:21:57.397+08:002011-08-06T19:21:57.397+08:00I had thought there was a lot more open-mindedness...I had thought there was a lot more open-mindedness about the sex of offspring here until looking through the prayers people leave at the temples where people go to pray for children (I can't remember the name of the deity at the moment, but she's found in a number of places). Since seeing the prayer cards for the first time, I always make it a point to browse them thanks to the very topicHollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-74836791686228340042011-08-06T18:20:59.692+08:002011-08-06T18:20:59.692+08:00You're welcome, Jenna. Love you.
milYou're welcome, Jenna. Love you.<br /><br />milAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-54449054102365820462011-08-06T11:49:09.816+08:002011-08-06T11:49:09.816+08:00Having a boy to carry on the family name... Which ...Having a boy to <i>carry on the family name</i>... Which is going to be 李,陳,黃 or 曾... like hundreds of thousands of other people :)<br />(sorry for being a bit mean here ;))<br /><br />I really hope this is going to vanish with the older generation, but I kind of feel some men in the younger generation are thinking a bit this way...Pierrenoreply@blogger.com