China's Left-Behind Children

Caretaking, Parenting, and Struggles

Xiaojin Chen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2024
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3715-7 (ISBN)

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One unintended consequence of the unprecedented rural-to-urban migration in China over the past three decades is the exponentially increased number of "left-behind" children—children whose parents migrated to more developed areas and who live with one parent or other extended family members. The daily lives of these children, including their caretaking arrangements, parent-child bonding and communication, and schooling, are fraught with distractions and uncertainties. Paying special attention to this marginalized group, this book investigates the role of parental migration and the left-behind status in shaping Chinese family dynamics and children’s general wellbeing, including their school performance, delinquency, resilience, feelings of ambiguous loss, and other psychological problems. Blending theory, empirical research, and real-world interviews with left-behind children, China's Left-Behind Children provides a uniquely close look at these children's lives while also providing the larger national context that defines and shapes their everyday lives.

XIAOJIN CHEN is an associate professor of sociology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Who Leaves and Who Stays? Factors Associated with Parental Migration and Caretaking Arrangements

Chapter 3: Caretaking At-Home: Grandparenting and One-Parent Caretaking

Chapter 4: Parenting from Afar: Long-Distance Parenting and Short Visits

Chapter 5: “Have You Finished Your Homework?” Parental Migration, Caretaking Practices, and Children’s Schooling

Chapter 6: Are Left-Behind Children More Deviance- and Delinquency-Prone?

Chapter 7: Children’s Psychological Wellbeing: Caretaking Practices, Long-Distance Parenting, and Ambiguous Loss

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.09.2024
Zusatzinfo	9 color graphs, 20 tables
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	458 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-9788-3715-1 / 1978837151
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-3715-7 / 9781978837157
Zustand	Neuware