Widowed parenting in China

Hosts: Heyang, Liu Min and Lincoln v.d. Westthuizen

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Chinese families have seen fathers’ default in children's upbringing and education. It seems like they provide children with nothing but money and a family name. Everything concerning raising a kid disproportionately falls on Mom's shoulder, from taking care of their daily eating and dressing to following up their school work. As fathers always pass the buck on all the parenting issues, exhausted and exasperated mom tend to call themselves 'a widowed parent'. What’s the reason behind it?

Take a listen to the discussion on Round Table, a daily talk show produced by CRI.