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Under China’s one-child policy, many daughters were the center of the family from a young age.
Their parents gave them a lot of love, time, and money, sent them to good schools, and hoped they would have good jobs and a good life in the future.
This kind of upbringing brought many opportunities, but it also brought a lot of pressure.
Many only daughters feel loved, but at the same time they are afraid of disappointing their families.
They often have to think about many things: where to work, whether to get married, and whether to go back home to take care of their parents.
Their parents may say, “You are free to choose,” but in their hearts they still hope their daughters will not live too far away from home.
For some only daughters, this pressure is even more complicated, because they know their choices are not only their own business; they also affect the whole family.
Many people only realize when they grow up that they have been trying to balance two things all along: their own dreams and freedom on one side, and responsibility to their family on the other.
As children, they were treated as the most important person in the family, and little by little they were also expected to take on many future responsibilities.