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Q: Would you raise your kids in China?
While I do not have kids at the moment. My kid(
will have some time being raised in China. I would like them to be able to learn about there culture, obviously speak the language, and be proud of there heritage. And same goes with when they are being raised in Australia.
When it comes down to qauility of education, health care, and lifestyle it is something they need to experience to be grateful for what they have in life.
I plan to raise my son here, until he reaches middle-school age, then we're going to return to my home on Aplotetagite 7 for a period of time.
When I get kids I also plan to raise them in China until they are around 14-15, then go back to my home country for free and better education.
Ha Ha..... sounds great！ they will learn more language is better for their future.
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no way
Createach:
no offense to Chinese but i want my children to live and get educated the same way i did.......nothing personal against china or Chinese people
I am doing. Our daughter was two months old when we came to China, (she is now nearly two), and if all goes to 'plan' we will stay here permanently but 'use' her UK citizenship to send her to a UK university.
Then of course, if the rules are still the same, she will face the problem of living in the UK, a nation she will be a citizen of but has never lived in, or trying to find a way of residing in a nation she probably considers home but which won't allow her to legally live in.
I plan on having my first kid in China and when she is 4 months preggers with our second (maybe 2 years later) I plan on getting out of China before I get blackmailed by the local family planning bureau.
mArtiAn:
But why? Such things would never happen in OUR GLORIOUS CHINA. You should hang around OUR GLORIOUS CHINA with us other ex-pats here, because that's what we are, all of us, me too, and enjoy the many wonderful sights of OUR GLORIOUS CHINA, i'm certain your children will appreciate it, as we all appreciate life in OUR GLORIOUS CHINA.
Skateboards. 
Xpat.John:
As long as your kids are registered as citizens of your country, then you shouldn't have any problems from the family planing folks. I have a few friends here with 4-6 kids (with Chinese wife) and they have not had any problems at all. They even get discounts at the schools when it comes to registration time.
Never... That's why I left China with my wife and kid and went back to Europe.
Not everything is beautiful in Europe, but at least kids
1) have lot of places where they can play for free (basketball, soccer, etc),
2) the school fees are free of charge (not like China where they just raped you with school fees and undertables)
3) they can see what a blue sky means,
4) they can eat all kind of safe dairy products,
5) they can go to not very expensive and clean swimming pools (around 30RMB),
6) they are covered by a health insurance against accidents and sickness (in China, it's out of proportion),
7) they can play with and see children from other races, which in China is almost impossible,
8) a Chinese-looking child doesn't risk to be taken away from the park to be sold (especially boys and yes it's sometimes happens in China)
Negative points:
1) too many perverts and pedophiles free to walk everywhere.....that's the problem with our democracy that doesn't want to get rid of these people....
2) school education is somewhat influenced by the politically correct ideology that hard studying children must bring themselves down to the same level as not hard studying children so that everybody stay in the average level.
This is something I have given a lot of thought. The current conclusion is that I as a parent would not be doing the best for my child if raised in China. Why? Food safety and pollution. It is within my means to prevent my child from living with these problems, that I am sure will only grow over the next years.
22 years old so it's a bit far off for me. If I were to marry a woman from the US, it would take a Hell of a good job to keep me in China. If I married a Chinese national, I would take into account her feelings on the issue. Going back to the US would be easier for me, and give greater peace of mind. Raising a child in China would be possible but would require a) I purchase everything very carefully, only imported dairy and test everything I possibly could (I knew AP chem would come in handy at some point!), b) enough time off work to personally give him/her a proper education on top of a good international school, c) high school and university in Connecticut.
Something about living in China makes me worry about the future constantly. I would never have even uttered the phrase "If I were to marry..." before I got here.
