A Study on WeSupport, a WeChat-based Learning Platform b. Parenting skills
With long working hours and very few holidays, parent workers often miss out on the most crucial moments in their children’ s upbringing. Combined with inadequate interaction and communication, this can profoundly affect their work performance and career-related decision making. 18 The parenting lessons on CCR CSR’ s WeSupport platform support parent workers, particularly those with left-behind children to help them balance the demands of life and work, and equip them with practical parenting knowledge.
The majority of parent users reported that parenting lessons very much helped them improve communication with their children, understand them better and build closer relationship with them.
Numerous surveys and interviews conducted by CCR CSR show that most Chinese parents are unaware of the importance of their own wellbeing in maintaining a healthy relationship with their children, especially when they are away and struggle with the guilt of separating from their children. Communication barriers are a frequent problem among parents and children who are separated. Therefore, it is not surprising that the top three favorite topics of parent users are 1) taking care of oneself and being a healthier and happier parent 2) being a better communicator and 3) choices in life( Chart 19). It is also as expected that the parents with left-behind children tend to like the content“ communicating with the child while being away” significantly more than the parents who currently live with their children. Also the older their children are, the more likely the parents are to prefer this content.
About taking care of oneself and being a healthier and happier parent
About being a better communicator
A about choices in life
About children rights and needs
About communicating with the child while being away
About balancing life and work
Chart 19: Favorite topics for migrant parents
Topics
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 80 %
Parents
43.4 % 40.3 %
40.9 % 33.3 %
35.8 %
35.2 % 37.5 %
50.9 % 51.4 %
50.0 %
68.6 % 62.5 %
Parents with left-behind children
18. CCR CSR( 2013) They Are Also Parents: CCR CSR Study On Migrant Workers With Left-Behind Children In China http:// ccrcsr. com / resource / 225
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