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Rise of Childfree Zones in South Korea
There is a growing trend of restaurants and public areas having child-free zones in developing and developed nations in the Global North.
This is demonstrated in South Korea, where signs state that no 8- — to 13-year-olds are in the restaurant.
Today, according to the think tank Jeju Research Institute, some 500 kid-free zones do not include areas that usually prohibit children, such as bars or nightclubs.
This trend is not just exclusive to South Korea.
Still, it is spreading worldwide with the decline of birth rates and generation gaps between generations and younger siblings, which leads to children and young adults not having experiences with babies.
On average, couples have just one child or, more commonly, no child at all, which means that young people don’t have experience with being around their sibling’s children because there is no sibling.
Due to the breakdown of the family unit, people are becoming more individualistic.
Being a community or an individualistic society has its pros and cons.
If you are an individualist, this means you will not support the family in hard times but will, in turn, receive no support from family or extended community because they no longer exist.
