Dong Jiale (Huaiyin Normal University).
The era of difficulty in raising children has passed, and if you don't have children, you will lose money at the "First Financial and Financial Thinker of the Year 2023" Annual Financial Thinker" ceremony, young financial thinker Wen Yifei said that it is very difficult for young people to get rich now. However, there are shortcuts in life. The third structural opportunity under our demographic change is the fertility opportunity brought about by the declining birthrate. In this day and age, if you don't have children, you're at a loss. When the fertility tide recedes, it may be easier for our children born in the next few years and their parents to raise children in the future. (Jan. 9, Observer.com).
However, is the era of child-rearing really over?
Parents attach great importance to the quality of educational resources, and the region, teachers, and money are indispensable. With the development of society, parents have higher and higher expectations for their children, from early education, kindergarten to primary school, middle school, parents in order to give their children a good learning environment, try their best to struggle in big cities, live in expensive school district housing, and try their best to let their children go to a good school, parents need to invest a lot of energy and resources. As children grow older, their learning requirements and living needs increase, and the amount of money needed to meet their children's needs increases. In order to hope that their sons will become dragons and their daughters will become phoenixes, children need to continue to learn and compete, and go to various extracurricular interest classes to improve themselves and promote all-round development, and parents also need to continue to accompany and pay.
But with the accelerated pace of life, parents are also facing more work and family pressures, and it is difficult to have enough time and energy to take care of their children. At the same time, there are more and more challenges in the Internet, and children need more attention and guidance, so as not to cause psychological problems due to parents' busy work and children's lack of parental care. This is another great challenge for parents.
In addition, changes in family structure can also affect the child's development. The change in people's mindset is one reason for the increase in the divorce rate;In order to work to make money, entrust the children to their grandparents and become left-behind children;The increase in single-parent families, divorced families, and intergenerational support by grandparents can easily make children from such families feel emotionally lost and uneasy, and promote their adolescent rebellion, personality, autism and other psychological problems. At the same time, social problems can also have a negative impact on children's growth, such as Internet addiction and school violence. That's why it's hard to raise children.
Therefore, although the times are progressing and some external conditions for raising children have improved, the problem of difficulty in raising children has not been completely solved. Raising a child still requires a lot of effort and effort from parents. Parents need to pay more attention to their children's emotional needs, mental health and all-round development, and also pay attention to cultivating children's independence and autonomy so that they can better adapt to society and life in the future. Raising children is a long-term "job", and parents have a long way to go.