生育政策是决定性因素。如果没有二胎和三胎政策，我们肯定不可能再要孩子的。政策是前提。

But the policy is still the decisive factor, if there is no second (third) child policy, it is certainly impossible to have another child. The policy is the prerequisite.

我周围的同学，朋友，我们都是独生子女。大家都一样。

You are surrounded by classmates and friends who are only children and don't feel any difference.

和二胎三胎政策相比，一胎还是更有影响力吧，毕竟它是在限制你不能够去做什么东西，但现在的政策就没有任何强制的部分。

Compared with the two-child and three-child policy, the one-child policy is still more influential, right? After all, it is limiting, but now the new policy does not have any mandatory part.

不生孩子你就会被认为是异类，女人怎么可能不生孩子？

You are a weird person if you are not having child, how can women have no kids?

很多关于一胎政策的内容我们都是从宣传看过来的，政府会宣传说计划生育政策能够减少多少地球上的人口，能够为全球发展作出多大的贡献，好像只生一个孩子就没有任何坏处一样。

A lot of what was said about the one-child policy came from the propaganda, which at that time was promoted as if there was no harm in having just one child. The propaganda would say how much the family planning policy could reduce the population of the earth and how much contribution it could make.

一胎政策的执行是非常严格和强硬的，当时还有一个计划生育委员会，政策是一层一层被严格执行下来的，就像现在新冠疫情下的这种管理。

The implementation of the one-child policy was very strict and tough, and there was a family planning committee at that time, and the policy was strictly enforced layer by layer, just like the current management under the Zero-Covid Policy.

你没有别的选择啊？你只能遵守政策，不说罚款，你的户口，工作，如果你违反计划生育的话这些都可能丢掉的。

You have no other choice, huh? You can only comply with the policy, not to mention the fine, your hukou (id), work, you may lose them if you violate the policy

我就是家里多余的那个孩子 - 我的父母因为超生被惩罚了， 影响了挺久的。

I am the extra one in the family - my parents were punished for this, and then the impact was quite long

最近政府也在颁布一系列政策来减轻养小孩的压力，但我觉得双减政策（教育减负）没有发挥太大的用处，因为孩子上了高中压力还是很大。

Recently the government is also promulgating a series of policies to reduce the pressure of raising children, but I think that the double reduction policy (reduce educational burden) may not be particularly useful, children in high school still have to suffer

我本来没有打算要第二个孩子，因为养孩子太累了。可是后来意外有了二宝，就觉得还是要把他留下来。

I originally did not want a second child, because raising a child is too tired, but had the second baby accidentally so I decided to keep him

我能看到最近国家也在别的方面努力，比如房产税，教育政策改革，医保等等来减少育儿成本，也是好事吧。

We can see that the country has recently made efforts in other areas, such as property tax, education policy reform, health insurance, etc. to reduce the cost of childcare.

不孝有三，无后为大。

“there are three types of unfilial piety, no offspring is one of the greatest”

我会想要至少两个孩子 - 但不是因为政策或者家庭的原因吧，只是因为我非常喜欢小孩子。

I would want at least two children - but not because of policy or family, I guess, I just really like kids.

有人觉得是要生儿子来续香火的，要把这个姓氏要传下去。不过这都是很封建的思想了。

To have a son to renew the family name to pass on. But this is a very feudal idea

如果没有一胎政策的话我爸妈肯定会再要一个孩子，来凑成一个“好”字。不过做家里唯一的孩子也很幸福，所有东西都是我的。

If there was no one-child policy, my parents would have had another child, trying to form a "good" (in Chinese, the character good, 好 is composed of a girl and a son). But as the only child in the family I am still very happy, cuz everything is mine.

虽然颁布了三胎政策，但感觉身边还是很少听到有要三胎的。生二胎的不少，还是和个人经济条件挂钩吧。如果当时没有计划生育的话，我也是可能再要一个孩子的。

Now that the three-child policy has been enacted, I feel that there are some around me who have two children, but I rarely hear of three children, or linked to personal economic conditions. If there was no one-child policy, I may still consider having another child

我爸妈因为二孩政策生了我的妹妹。我也感受到了养育小孩有多消耗精力，会有点抗拒。但养孩子也算有很多乐趣吧。

Because of the (separate) two-child policy my parents had my younger sister, and then I also felt how tired of raising children, quite resistant. But there is also a lot of fun raising children

我一直都觉得我是肯定会要有孩子的，但也只想要一个孩子。二胎政策颁布以后能明显感受到周围要二胎的多了，不过我还是没什么想法。

I have always felt that it is necessary to have children, but only one child. After the promulgation of the two-child policy in 2015, I can obviously feel more people around are having the second child, but I definitely won’t have one.

感觉很多爸爸并不能够感同身受。他们不明白养孩子有多难。

I think many fathers do not understand how difficult it is to raise children, they are not able to fully empathize