“Itookmytwochildrenontothesubway,butonlyonechildcouldtakearidefreeofcharge.Ithinkthisisunreasonable.”Recently,MissLinfromChengdu,Sichuanprovincepostedthemessageonthecity'sonlinegovernanceplatform.WhenLintookhersix-year-oldtwinsontothesubway,shewastoldbysubwaystaffthataparentcouldonlytakeonechildunder1.3meterstalltotakethesubwayfreeofcharge,andtheotherchildneedstobuyaticket.“Nowadays,therearemanyfamilieswithtwochildren,butthesubwayregulationstillallowsonlyonechildtobefreeofcharge,isn'tthislaggingbehindthetimes?"Withthearrivalofthetwo-childrenera,manyparentsarefacedwithanewtrouble.Whenenteringscenicareasortakingpublictransportation,manyplacesstipulate"oneadultcanonlytakealongonechild,ticketpurchasingisneededothersexceedingtheone-childlimit.”Thus,onechildisexempted,buttheotherneedstobuyaticket,thisgivesastrangefeeling.Weneedtoquestiontherationalityofthissortsofregulations."PassengerRulesofChengduUrbanRailTransit”explicitlystipulate:"oneadultpassengercantakeonechildpassengerunder1.3meterstallfreeofcharge.Ifthereismorethanonechild,fulladultticketsshouldbepurchasedaccordingtothenumberofpeopleinexcess."ThisshowsthatsinceLinbroughttwochildren,sheindeedneededtobuyaticketforoneofherchildren.However,likeshesaid,sincemanyfamilieshavetwochildrennowadays,whyistheregulationstilllaggingbehind,stayingintheone-childera?Certainly,withthearrivalofthetwo-childera,relatedpublicservicesshouldalsokeepupwiththetimes.Infact,evenintheone-childera,therationalitybehindoneadultpassengerbeingallowedtotakealongonechildpassengerunder1.3meterstallalreadyhadincreasinglybeenchallenged.Hence,someplaceshavealreadyperfectedthisregulation.Forinstance,“PassengerRulesofGuangzhouUrbanRailTransit"stipulate:"oneadultpassengercantaketwochildpassengersunder1.3meterstall,orhavingnotreachedthelegalagetoenterschool(witheffectiveidentityproof)"."PassengerRulesofNanchangUrbanRailTransit",whichbecameeffectiveattheendof2020,alsohavethesamerules.Inmanycountries,underthenotionoftreatingeveryoneequally,theserviceregulationsofscenicareasandpublictransportationproductsnotonlyrequirethephysicalaccompanimentofguardians,butalsodonotsetalimitforthenumberofchildrenthatcanbeexemptedfromticketing.Inaddition,thequalificationisnotbasedonheightbutonage,andmostpublicservicevenuesdonotrequirechildrentoprovideproofofage,butdependonself-discipline.Intherealisticcontextofournation,whenitcomestoeducation,medicaltreatment,andgoingout,twochildrenshouldenjoythesamepolicies,welfare,andtreatment,andshouldnotbetreateddifferently.Thisshouldbeafundamentalprincipleforgovernmentdepartmentswhenprovidingpublicservices.Therefore,"bringingtwochildrenontothesubwaybutonlyonechildisfreeofcharge"shouldbecomeanopportunitytorethinkwhetherpublicserviceconceptsneedstobeupdated.Thesupportingpublicserviceswithregardstothetwo-childpolicyshouldbeelevatedtothetwo-childera.Theperfectionofpublicservicequalitiesisoneofthepreconditionsthatwillencouragefamiliestobewillingto,andhavethecouragetohavemorechildren.Author:LongMinfei,mediacommentatorDisclaimerAlldataandinformationprovidedonthissiteisforinformationalpurposesonly.en.gmw.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformationoranylosses,injuries,ordamagesarisingfromitsdisplayoruse.Allinformationisprovidedonanas-isbasis.