久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Make me your Homepage
left corner left corner
China Daily Website

Post-80 parents spend big on early education

Updated: 2013-09-20 00:00
By Fan Feifei (China Daily)

For many parents it's a case of the early bird catches the worm, and they are willing to pay to ensure their kids to be the first on the lawn, as Fan Feifei reports.

Wang Yi, 33, a post-80 generation father working in the IT industry, sends his 2-year-old daughter to an early education center at a shopping mall each Sunday. "I want her to meet and communicate with other children," he said.

The price of lessons at the education center is relatively high, but Wang said the family could afford it. He purchased 100 lessons for more than 10,000 yuan ($1635) when he registered his daughter at the center half a year ago.

Post-80 parents spend big on early education

Belgian John Lee plays with children from an early education center in Tianjin on April 5. He can speak Chinese fluently, and is now one of the most popular teachers in the center. Fu Wenchao / for China Daily

"She often has two classes because my wife and I need to work from Monday to Friday, so we haven't got the time to accompany her during the week," he added.

At the center, Wang's daughter plays musical games, and does activities to develop her fine motor skills.

"Her mother also has classes with her, where they interact and share some fun together," said Wang.

He said his daughter has become bolder since joining the center and she likes to talk with her friends there.

"The early education center is a transition for her. We hope it will help her adapt quicker and more easily when she enters kindergarten in six months."

He added that when she gets older they want her to study English and learn the piano, and prepare for the International Mathematical Olympiad.

They are willing to invest on her education, he said.

Other parents are also willing to open their purse strings to pay for their children's education.

Tan Diqiu, a post-80 generation mother, spends about 10,000 yuan a year on early education for her two- year-old son. "Although the cost of early education is really expensive for an ordinary family, we don't want our son to lag behind other children," she said.

She is a little worried because her son will go to kindergarten very soon, which is expensive.

"The public kindergartens are relatively cheaper, charging about 1,000 yuan to 2,000 yuan each month, however, the places are very limited. We will have to consider some private kindergartens, which will cost 3,000 yuan to 4,000 yuan per month," she said.

"My husband and I can only spend time with our son at the weekends, because of our work, and his grandparents look after him. If we could have more time with him, we would not consider letting him attend the early learning center."

With people enjoying higher incomes nowadays, the majority of post-80 generation parents — the first generation born under the one-child policy — are willing to spend and spend and spend on education, partly to keep up with the Jones and partly to try and give their kid an advantage in the competition to get into a good school.

According to a report released by Answer Marketing Consulting, more than 20 percent of children have lessons at early education centers and the spending on early education and training courses ranges from 1,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan per year; although some parents are prepared to spend as much as 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year on their child's early education.

"Many post-80 parents identify with idea of the early education. They want their children to receive the best education and they don't care about the money," Zhang Xiaoping, the center director of Baby Care, an early education institution told China Daily,

Zhang said they provide courses for children aged from 0 to 3, covering music, science, reading, art and so on. Each class lasts 45 minutes and the price is 180 yuan per class.

Jin Zhang, the manager of the business development department at Lovely Kids, said post-80 parents paid more attention and invested more in early education compared with post-70 parents.

"I estimate that post-80 parents spend, on average, 30 percent of their monthly household expenditure on early education for their children. Some rich families even spend 20,000 yuan a year " said Jin.

He said the center provides courses for kids between 0 to 3 years, in which the parents and kids play games together, while children over the age of 3 will have lessons on their own.

But while parents seem happy to spend big bucks on their children's early education, there are some education experts who doubt its value and say it's a waste of money.

"I don't think sending children to early education centers is reasonable or wise," said Liu Yan, an expert researching preschool education at Beijing Normal University.

"Parents are a child's first teachers. What parents say and do has a subtle effect on their children. Although some early educational centers can no doubt teach some skills to children, good development depends on learning within the family", she said.

She suggested that parents would do better by learning how to be good parents, such as teaching children in accordance with their aptitude and respecting children's interests.

Jia Rongtao, a family education counselor and chairman of Rongtao education group also advocates parents improving themselves and "setting a good example for their children".

He said that parents should remember that the main purpose of early education centers was to make a profit, and parents needed to demonstrate a sense of responsibility and try to cultivate the right values in their children, such as a willingness to help others.

He said that even if they have only one child, parents should not spoil their child.

 

 

 
8.03K
 
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产成人免费不卡在线观看 | 中文字幕亚洲国产 | 亚洲天堂久久新 | 亚洲精品国产成人一区二区 | 久久亚洲在线 | 欧美日韩亚洲一区二区三区在线观看 | 国产亚洲精品久久久久久午夜 | 国产黄色三级网站 | 欧美日韩高清不卡免费观看 | 欧美激情亚洲一区中文字幕 | 看全色黄大色黄大片毛片 | 欧美一级在线看 | 亚洲第一色网 | 在线观看亚洲人成网站 | www.a级片| 亚洲国产日韩欧美高清片a 亚洲国产日韩欧美在线 | 中国黄色一级毛片 | 一级特黄牲大片免费视频 | 免费看成人片 | 久久国产精品99久久久久久牛牛 | 97视频免费公开成人福利 | 国产成人精品日本亚洲专 | 亚洲精品区 | 美女视频黄a视频免费全程 美女视频黄a视频免费全过程 | 中文字幕亚洲一区二区v@在线 | 成人做爰视频www视频 | 一级成人黄色片 | 岛国在线永久免费视频 | 亚洲精品一区亚洲精品 | 久草小视频 | 国产a高清 | 国产热久久精 | aaaa毛片 | 久久综合久久精品 | 成人性动漫高清免费观看网址 | 亚洲精品一区二区三区中文字幕 | 成人午夜影院 | 在线视频观看一区 | 免费人欧美成又黄又爽的视频 | 性色综合 | 午夜两性视频 |