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The small family in China

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Il y a une spéculation que la politique d’un enfant à la Chine change les expérances des parents urbains. Cette étude est conduite à trouver des avis de la génération première que élever un seul enfant au sujet de ce rôle non-traditionel. Un exemple des 150 mères et pères d’un enfant de 6 à 13 ans ont fini leQuestionnaire de Parent Forces et Besoins qui décrit six aspects d’être parent: la satisfaction, le succès, l’enseignement, la difficulté, la frustration, et le besoin des informations. On a examiné les propres impressions par rapport au sexe des parents et des enfants. Les résultats comprennent: 1. La plupart des parents sentenaient qu’ils ont fait un bon travaille pour élever leur seul enfant. 2. Chaque sous-groupe parental a identifié l’enseignement comme leur force et le manque des informations concernant l’expérience à grandir de leur enfant comme leur limitation principale. 3. Les mères croyaient qu’elles avaient plus de succès; et les pères, par contraste, pensaient qu’ils avaient moins de succès. 4. Les pères d’aujourd’hui sont plus engagés dans le soin des enfants et dans l’instruction aux enfants que les pères d’autrefois. 5. Les parents des fils connaissaient plus des difficultés et déceptions que les parents des filles, et 6. Une cross-sexe relation a influencé quelques aspects pour élever les enfants, particulièrement, l’enseignement.

Resumen

Existe un gran interés en determinar como la legislación que, en China, limita a los matrimonios a tener un solo hijo, está cambiando las expectativas de los padres que habitan centros urbanos. Este estudio fué conducido para determina como la primera generación que cría un solo niño, percibe esa función no tradicional. Un grupo de 150 madres y padres de hijos unicos, entre las edades de 6 a 13 años, completaron el “Inventario de Idoneidad y Necesidades Paternas”, que describe seis aspectos inherentes a los padres: satisficción, suceso, enseñanza, dificultad, frustración y necesidad de información. Las impresiones personales fueron evaluadas teniendo en cuenta el sexo de cada padre y cada niño. Las conclusiones arribadas indicaron que: 1. La mayoría de los padres consideran que están haciendo un buen trabajo on criar un solo niño; 2. Cada subgrupo de padres, considera que enseñar es su area de mayor conocimiento, y la falta de experiencia acerea del crecimiento de los niños, su mayor limitación; 3. Las madres, en general, se consideran más exitosas en su cometido que lo que se consideran los padres; 4. Los hombres se envuelven en la instrucción y cuidado del niño, mucho más que los padres del pasado; 5. Los padres criando varones experimentaron dificultades y fructraciones más grandes que aquellos criando niñas; y 6. La relación de padres a hijos de sexo opuesto, influencia ciertos aspectos de la crianza, particularmente, el de la enseñanza.

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Strom, R.D., Strom, S.K. & Xie, Q. The small family in China. IJEC 27, 37–46 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03174930

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