Opinion 1: The principle of fairness should be included. The purpose of the child-care allowance is to reduce the family's child-care burden and encourage childbearing. No matter how many children a family has, the burden of child-rearing and fertility will exist, so every family should be treated fairly. If you are excluded from the subsidy because you only have one child, it is a kind of discrimination in itself and it goes against the original intention of policy making.
Viewpoint 2: It should not be included. Limited resources need to be used first. Parenting allowance resources come from social financial expenditure. Faced with limited funds, families with two or more children should be given priority. Their parenting pressure and economic burden are obviously greater than those of the only-child families, and their demand for subsidies is also greater. If all families are included, it is likely that each family will receive too little subsidy and lose its practical significance.
Viewpoint 3: It can be treated differently. It can be distinguished in policy design, for example, the subsidy standard for one-child families is set low, or they need to reach a higher income standard before they can apply. One-child families can also be included in the scope of subsidies, but the actual payment is adjusted according to the financial situation of the local government to ensure that families with many children are better protected.
To sum up, there is no conclusion about the child-care allowance for the one-child family, and a balance needs to be made between fairness and actual resources. Personally, I think that under the premise of unifying the national subsidy policy, local governments can be given certain policy autonomy, and the subsidy standard for one-child families can be appropriately adjusted according to the actual situation, which will not cause discrimination, but also ensure that resources are tilted to families with many children to a certain extent and realize the optimal allocation of policy objectives.
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