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Publication Date: 2015
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Growing up with Distant Parents: Socialization and Alienation of "Left-Behind" Children in Rural China
Zhang, Donghui
Frontiers of Education in China, v10 n4 p505-525 2015
An increasing number of left-behind children has emerged in rural China as a result of the large-scale migration of rural farmers to urban cities since the 1990s. With the absence of parent(s) from the family, the left-behind children face crises in socialization and their relationships with their parents are threatened by physical distance. This paper investigates how Chinese left-behind children negotiate the missing roles of parents and how the parent-child relations in such families change over time, through in-depth case studies of two left-behind children with different family backgrounds in rural Henan province.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latchkey Children, Rural Areas, Rural to Urban Migration, One Parent Family, Socialization, Parent Role, Parent Child Relationship, Family Characteristics, Case Studies
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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