A Study on WeSupport, a WeChat-based Learning Platform
“ I know communication plays a crucial role in children’ s development. If I don’ t talk to him often while I am not present in his daily life, this will leave a deep psychological impact on his future life and his personality will not be that pleasant. As parents, we should respect and pay attention to our children’ s thoughts, encouraging them to think independently. Although my son is still very young, when I call, we mainly talk about whether he has had a nice day in kindergarten, what he did, where he wants to go on the weekend. Although they are very casual conversations, they definitely help build up trust and the close relation with my son, so he can grow up without the regret of not having a mother in his life."
Faced with an overwhelming amount of information online, she also finds relief in the knowledge based Early Childhood Development contents provided by trustworthy sources like UNICEF and the Ministry of Education. These tips on nutrition and health are carefully selected and presented in an easy-to-understand and engaging way. Fanghua said:“ As a parent, I feel I don’ t have enough knowledge on health and nutrition and our parents still hold many wrong nursing and caring concepts from old times. Therefore every time my kid gets sick, I will ask my husband to take care him and I look for possible treatments through platforms like CCR CSR ' s eLearning platform on WeChat or other high credibility sources. If he gets seriously ill, we will send him to hospital."
Every time Fanghua reads brilliant parenting tips, she shares it in her“ Moments” with friends.“ We are too busy to learn parenting knowledge systematically, but whenever and wherever we are free, even if it ' s just for 5 minutes, we click on WeChat and learn some practical modern parenting skills. I hope CCR CSR can push more posts on a more frequent basis,” Fanghua tells us.
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