Exploring Left Behind Children in China
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https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v41i.4434Keywords:
Left-behind Children; Psychological development; Education.Abstract
With the rapid development of urbanization, more and more rural labourers decide to move out to the cities. But a large number of families of these out-migrating labourers are still in rural areas, so that their children are growing up with a serious lack of parental supervision and companionship. The education and psychological aspects of left-behind children have also become a major problem that needs to be taken seriously by society. This article reviews the previous studies of left-behind children in China, which aims to analyze the impact of Chinese children whose parents are working outside the home to urban cities in Rural communities and provides corresponding solutions. This article also explores how the restriction of resource distribution to migrant workers influences their children’s education status. This article’s major focus is also the claim that children’s educational development is negatively impacted by a lack of parental connection and monitoring.
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