“跨代育儿组合”与中国独生子女的养育——评《中国独生子女政策与多重照顾》

"Intergenerational Parenting Coalition"and Parenting for the Only-child in China

独生子女的照顾与养育是城市家庭面临的重要事务。在强调相互影响的"双向模型"理论导引下,将中国城市家庭对独生子女的养育过程还原到跨代育儿的家庭系统之中,《多重照顾》由此给读者呈现了儿童作为社会行动者的能动性,展示了他们与由父辈、祖辈共同构成的跨代育儿组合的互动过程,用丰富的经验数据揭示了跨代育儿组合内部的动态性与复杂性。"双向模型"、"跨代育儿组合"等理论性概念的提出,对于中国独生子女养育的实践与研究具有重要的启发意义。

Upbringing of the only-child is an important matter tbr urban families in China. Following the theory of the ＂bidirectional model＂ originally generated in western society, the book China＇s one-child policy and multiple caregiving： Raising little suns in Xiamen places the caregiving for only-child to the intergenerational parenting family system, and discusses the dynamics of how the only-child in China is raised up by their parents and grandparents in their families. It convincingly shows that the child is an active social actor rather than passive being, and thus their voices needs to be respected in parenting process. Bidirectional model, intergenerational parenting coalition, agency and other concepts discussed in the book have important implications for the practice and research on parenting for the only-child of family in China.