parenting

Marriage Registrations Fall and Women Shun Motherhood

China’s State Council unveiled new policies last week intended to promote parenthood and foster a more “reproduction-friendly society,” which were met with muted skepticism. Along with other media pieces on the subject,...

Women Balk at Chinese Government Plans to Raise Birth Rate

Last week, the Chinese government announced that the country’s population had declined for the first time in decades, setting off a cacophony of alarm bells among those concerned about China’s demographic destiny. Chinese women,...

Little Space for Unmarried Women in CCP Demographic Policies

Last week, China’s National Health Commission admitted that the country is expecting negative population growth over the next few years. Declining birth rates across several provinces this year suggest that China’s population...

Data Challenges ‘Tiger Mom’ Parenting Methods

When Amy Chua sounded her battle cry in 2011, first with the Wall Street Journal article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” followed closely by her tongue-in-cheek parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger...

Tiger Mother, Meet Wolf Dad

After Amy Chua’s “Tiger Mother” prompted a wave of debate on parenting when it hit Chinese bookshelves in January, a Hong Kong businessman hailing himself as the “wolf dad” has seen his own...

Amy Chua’s ‘Tiger Mother’ Hits Chinese Bookshelves

Amy Chua’s parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, has sparked an intense and heated reaction in the U.S. and elsewhere after an excerpt was published as an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal with the headline,...

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