Couple makes written promise to favor first child before having second   

夫妻为生二胎向女儿写保证书：永远第一喜欢你(图)

单独二胎放开后，不少已有大宝的年轻夫妻，开始考虑生个二宝。但这二宝真不是你想生，想生就能生。近日，网友“滴答”在网上晒出自己和老公写的《保证书》，向女儿保证，永远第一喜欢大宝。这才得到了大宝的允许。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) - A couple planning to have a second child has promised their daughter that she will always be the most loved in order to get her consent.

The written promise, dated Jan 1, 2015 and signed by both husband and wife, states that "We promise that our biggest baby will be the one we like first forever."

On the left bottom corner is the daughter's "ok" and her signature.

The mother said her daughter is eight years and six months old, behaves well and requires less care, so they want to take advantage of the relaxed family planning policy to have another child, the Henan-based Orient Today reported.

The daughter was strongly against the idea at first, forcing the parents to postpone their plan. Later, she happened to see pictures of other second children on a mobile phone and found them interesting, the mother said.

The daughter then agreed to allow a new baby in the family, but demanded her parents to make the written promise.

Other families are experiencing similar difficulties in having second children.

[Read more: Girl forces mother to abort second child]

A woman surnamed Wang in Xinxiang city, Henan province, also said she gave up her plan to have a second child over the objections of her first daughter.

"My daughter says no, because her friend has a younger sister who cries too much and won't let her finish her homework," she told the newspaper.

Yang Yan, secretary general of the Psychological Consultant Association in Xinjiang, said only-children worry about losing the full attention they get from their parents.

She urges parents to talk more with their first children about the benefits of having a sibling.

China's relaxation of its one-child birth control policy after three decades has not resulted in a baby boom as officials once feared. In the first year of the policy relaxation, fewer than one-tenth of couples eligible to have a second child have wanted to do so, or have filed their applications, according to the nation's top family planning authority.