A worthwhile trade-off for love

Zhu Mian, 34, English teacher in Nanyang, Henan province

I decided to have a second child after being encouraged to do so by Zihang, my older son.

He often asked me why his classmates in kindergarten had a brother or sister but he didn't. Both my husband and I are the only children in our families, so we could understand Zihang's loneliness and need for company in childhood.