According to traditional Chinese customs, daughters are considered to be less "valuable" than sons. As such couples are pressured to produce sons and normally the daughter-in-law is considered as having failed in her duty if she did not produce a son. Sons are treasured because they can pass on the family's surname to the next tradition. Once a daughter is married off, she is considered as "belonging" to the husband's family. In such a scenario, daughters are denied access to a lot of opportunities such as access to education.
Even as late as the 1960s and 1970s, there are Chinese families in Sarawak who gave away their daughters away for adoption to Malay families. Nowadays, the thinking has changed so much, and for most people the gender of their children is not an issue. In fact, there are those who prefer their daughters more than sons because daughters tend to be more family oreintated. In general, girls tend to pay more attention to their parents and often look after them in their old age.
For my wife Roselind and I, we found that our daughter is a blessing to us. As we have an autistic son Jonathan, Victoria has brought so much joy in our lives. Having worked for about 3 years, last month Victoria bought a braclet from Pandora as a gift to her month. My wife was over the moon and really appreciated the gift. The braclet is not cheap forms a substantial part of her salary.
As a father I am also proud that Victoria did not buy the braclet for herself only but also buy one for her mother as well. Now my wife wears the braclet proudly as it is from some one very special.
Thank you Victoria for being so thoughtful and for the wonderful gift.
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Charles, you're a little outdated. The new saying goes:
Having a daughter, you will earn another half a son after she got married 🤣
Those bracelets looks extremely bling. Hope Victoria didn't bore a hole in her wallet. Congratulations to Rose 👍 Now let's see what happen tomorrow since it's father's Day 😁
Tomorrow will be just dinner. But the thinking has shifted and I have heard people saying that now they prefer daughters compared to sons.