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Over 97 pct Chinese parents say overparenting is common: survey
BEIJING, March 28, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) – Over 97 percent of Chinese parents
agreed that overparenting is common and 88.6 percent of them admitted that
they have done too much for their children, showed a survey released by China
Youth Daily.
According to the survey conducted among over 1,500 Chinese parents, they
tend to heavily interfere in the daily lives of their children.
About 70 percent of the respondents said that overparenting, or helicopter
parenting, would cause their kids to be more reliant on them.
As for the reasons behind parenting, the survey suggested that 60 percent
of parents want their kids to outdo other children, while more than half
choose to hover over their children in order to provide a better childhood
than they themselves enjoyed.
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