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0We are back with our fourth episode of China Vibes! Today, we will be exploring avery prickly theme: Chinese parenting.
What inspired us to delve into this topic was a Chinese comedy film that was released this summer, Successor, or Zhuawawa. The movie traces a boy’s coming-of-age journey as he juggles the gritty reality of poverty and the growing pains of adolescence. However, it turns out his reality was in fact a fake world constructed by his extremely wealthy parents to instill in him the drive and character necessary to takeover their business empire. Across Chinese social media, the film has sparked discussions about Chinese parenting and was labeled by many netizens as a"Chinese thriller" that essentially captures the "horrors"of traditional Chinese parenting.
Today we have a very special guest with us: our dear colleague Garth, standing in for Elsbeth, who is traveling.
In this episode, we will be breaking down parenting in China and how the concept is connected to the education system, economic development and many othersocial forces. Topics we cover include:
-The superstition about e parenting appear from the perspectives of a child and amother?
-The superstition about qiongyang, a mode of child-raising that deems hardships to be something that one must go throughto achieve success
-Haidian moms, chicken children, Olympic math and the obsession with Tsinghua University and Peking University
We also discuss:
-The larger historical context of Chinese-style parenting
-How parenting practices in China have evolved
Enjoy,and happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
