tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post7540348269494027628..comments2024-03-10T15:13:47.148-07:00Comments on Research-China.Org: Trees in the Forest II -- Gender and HealthResearch-China.Orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09137919637778021754noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post-70837231054383705792007-10-29T15:10:00.000-07:002007-10-29T15:10:00.000-07:00There is some confusion regarding my last illustra...There is some confusion regarding my last illustration concerning the percentages of SN/Healthy Boys/Girls. The percentages in each square relate the number relative to the TOTAL number of children (for example, there were 619 SN girls out of 10,621 submissions, or 5.8% of the total). Thus, the total for all four quadrants is 100%.<BR/><BR/>BrianResearch-China.Orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137919637778021754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post-50380541225214059032007-10-23T10:05:00.000-07:002007-10-23T10:05:00.000-07:00The thought of parents selling their own children,...The thought of parents selling their own children, or children being kidnapped just makes me sick. I am not naive enough to think this only happens in China, but why would anyone sell their child to a trafficker in the first place? Aren't they at all worried that the child would end up in the wrong hands, so to speak?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post-21887594406825855282007-10-23T03:55:00.000-07:002007-10-23T03:55:00.000-07:00re: birthdatesBrian, do you think that leaving a n...re: birthdates<BR/><BR/>Brian, do you think that leaving a note with a birthdate is a final act of caring by the birth parents, or do you think they are made up by the directors?<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see a study of birthnotes- their similarities, differences, etc.<BR/><BR/>LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post-48390006418892928812007-10-22T23:28:00.000-07:002007-10-22T23:28:00.000-07:00Birthnotes serve one primary function: To communi...Birthnotes serve one primary function: To communicate tot he child the date, and often the time, of their birth. Knowing one's correct birthdate is very important in China, because it is essential to obtaining one's fortune at important stages on life. For example, as my wife became an adult she sought out a fortune teller to learn what her future held as far a marriage, children, etc. This is something almost every Chinese person does. Whenever a new potential spouse is met, again the fortune teller is consulted. And the first question asked by the fortune teller is when were you born. If the exact time is known, so much the better.<BR/><BR/>We look at this as a curiosity of course, but to the Chinese it is vitally important, even if they don't fully believe in the veracity of the predictions also. And the belief in fortune tellers is strong among the rural people in China, the most likely source of most of our children.<BR/><BR/>BrianResearch-China.Orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137919637778021754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post-78217815305539571692007-10-22T11:56:00.000-07:002007-10-22T11:56:00.000-07:00Brian,Thank you for your great presentation in Ede...Brian,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your great presentation in Ede, Holland. It was good to meet you in person and hear the things you write straight from you. With a chinese daughter we, ofcourse know a lot of china and "its customs" etc. etc, but still we learned a lot of new things from your presentation. It was great to hear you talking with so much enthousiasm and commitment.<BR/><BR/>We sure will have contact with you again in time. The more because we hope to adopt a second child from china in time. LID feb. 2007 .... 3 years to go???? that was the only thing I rather did not hear during your presentation ;-(<BR/><BR/>Thanx and till next time,<BR/><BR/>Petra and Frans Meijer<BR/>(probably the only mom in the audiance with a Shangrao-Ling daughter ;-))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post-67538997958549908382007-10-22T08:47:00.000-07:002007-10-22T08:47:00.000-07:00I have a question, not directly related to your re...I have a question, not directly related to your research.<BR/><BR/>I hear all the time that a note with a birthdate was left with the child. I wonder why that? Why leave a note at all? Why not leave a note saying "Please care for my child"? Why not write "Her parents are healthy"? Why not write about one's wishes for the child? Why do the notes always just seem to be a birth date. Is there something particularly important about the birth date? Or do you think a lot of the birth note with birth dates are made simply made up by the orphanages?<BR/><BR/>LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15636692.post-4168799535548524192007-10-21T19:08:00.000-07:002007-10-21T19:08:00.000-07:00Thank you Brian for the research you are doing. I...Thank you Brian for the research you are doing. I know there are people who do not want to look at the ads, the facts, the underlying culture, but if it can provide just one more possibility or insight I think it is important. I have always wondered about the Chinese calendar in relation to abandonments and also festivals and things of that nature. Also, locations that seem "popular" and are they always the true finding location. <BR/>Thanks.Jeff and Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330454830153579449noreply@blogger.com