Index

Sun Sun Lim (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
Yang Wang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Digital Parenting Burdens in China: Online Homework, Parent Chats and Punch-in Culture

ISBN: 978-1-83797-758-1, eISBN: 978-1-83797-755-0

Publication date: 6 June 2024

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Lim, S.S. and Wang, Y. (2024), "Index", Digital Parenting Burdens in China: Online Homework, Parent Chats and Punch-in Culture, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83797-755-020241009

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INDEX

Academic achievement in China
, 2, 4–6, 9

Academic excellence
, 6, 26, 63

Academic pressure
, 9–10

Advanced learning (chaoqian xuexi)
, 55

AI ethics
, 62

AI-powered chatbots
, 61

Alibaba
, 14

Art
, 64

Auxiliary platforms
, 40

Baidu Tieba online forum
, 20

Bambizo
, 66

Banji Youhua Dashi
, 3, 25, 38–40

Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences
, 56

ByteDance
, 2, 14

Call Annie app
, 61

Challenges

in online education for teachers
, 28

in parent-teacher chat groups
, 31

Chat group structure
, 49

ChatGPT
, 61

Children’s digital rights
, 62

China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC)
, 18

China’s top five social media platforms
, 19–21

China’s response to online education during Covid-19
, 26–28

Chinese authorities
, 5

Chinese edtech market
, 25–26

Chinese experience matters
, 10–15

Chinese families
, 7

Chinese parents
, 5–6, 31, 57

punch-in for acknowledging notifications and participating in polls
, 34

punch-in for children’s assignments
, 33

punch-in tasks
, 38

Chinese television drama
, 17

Class disparities in parenting anxiety

ClassDoJo
, 66

Comparative parenting
, 64–65

Competitive parenting
, 6

Concerted cultivation
, 11

Conflict resolution
, 51, 65

Context collapse
, 57–59

Course Supermarket
, 27

Covid-19 pandemic

online education during
, 26–28

punch-in culture during
, 36–39

Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood, The (1996)
, 11

Cultural Revolution
, 7

Culture of paranoid parenting
, 11

Dali deng (powerful lamp)
, 2

Dali lamp
, 17

Deep learning
, 26

Devices
, 18–19

Digital connectivity and accountability
, 18, 31, 68–69

Digital devices in urban Chinese homes
, 3, 17

Digital media usage
, 12

Digital mediation
, 62

Digital parenting
, 10, 12–13

burdens and family wellbeing
, 61

with Chinese characteristics
, 2–6

global perspectives
, 64–66

growing digitalisation of family life
, 62–63

wellbeing through policy and design
, 67–70

Digital platform design
, 70

Digital technologies
, 31, 61–62

in families
, 14

in parenting
, 28

Digitalisation of family life in China
, 17

devices, super apps, and mini-programmes
, 18–19

online discussion forums and social media accounts
, 23–24

online education during Covid-19
, 26–28

parent chat groups
, 21–23

parent–teacher communication and edtech platforms
, 24–26

research questions and method
, 28–29

DingTalk in education during pandemic
, 3, 17, 25, 27, 38–40, 48–49, 54

Discussion forums
, 23

Double reduction (shuangjian) policy
, 9

Douyin (TikTok) in China
, 9, 19–20, 24, 59n1

Edmodo
, 66

Education(al) technology (edtech)
, 4, 26, 61.

See also Digital technologies
in China
, 15

investment in China
, 25

platforms for parent-teacher communication
, 24–26

Educational institutions
, 26

in Chongqing
, 4

Educational policy changes
, 9

Emotion work
, 57–59

Emotional labour
, 12

in parenting
, 57

English language proficiency
, 61

Face-to-face interactions
, 13

Face-to-face meetings
, 3

Facebook
, 23

Facial recognition
, 1, 25

Family life

growing digitalisation of
, 62–63

in China
, 6–10

Flexibility in online learning resources
, 26

Formalization of punch-in practices
, 38

Front stage
, 47–53

Fudan Universities
, 8

Gangnam Mums
, 65

Gaokao
, 8–9, 27–28

exam
, 8

nannies
, 9

Gendered distribution of digital parenting
, 69

Generative AI
, 61

Global digital parenting challenges
, 62

Good parenting
, 54–55

Gradebooks
, 13

Gratitude
, 51

Growth of online learners in China
, 25

Hangzhou, China
, 1

Hangzhou Jiaoyu
, 38–39

Hardships of parenting
, 67

Harmony
, 51

Health punch-in (jiankang daka)
, 37

Home assistants
, 2

Home-School Communication System
, 4

Home-school conferencing apps
, 3, 13

Home-school interaction experience
, 22

Homework assistance
, 5

Homework helper apps
, 13

Homework management
, 25

Homework tools
, 4

Household expenditure
, 9

Hyper-vigilance
, 12

Hyperparenting
, 11

Ideal parents
, 23

Illegal tutoring
, 9–10

Impact of pandemic on gaokao preparation
, 27–28

Impression management
, 47–48, 53, 63

Improvement Billboard (Jinbu Bang)
, 41

Initiatives by schools during Covid-19
, 26

Innovative technologies in Chinese schools
, 26

Instagram
, 23

Institutional resources
, 67

Integration of parental punch-in tasks
, 37–38

Intelligent lamps
, 62

Intensification of punch-in culture
, 36

Intensive parenting
, 11

Interpersonal conflict
, 68

Interrole conflict
, 68

Jiwa jiazhang (pushy parents)
, 6

Journal of Xinjiang Normal University
, 42

K-12 education
, 25

Kakao Talk
, 65

Key performance indicators (KPIs)
, 53

Kids of other families (bierenjia de haizi)
, 56

Lamps
, 2

Language learning
, 25

Laughter
, 65

Lesson schedules
, 4

Link dragons (jie long)
, 34

‘Little Black Hut’ (Xiao Hei Wu)
, 41

Lower-income parenting
, 12

Marital strain
, 67

Meituan (Food delivery company)
, 8–9

Meizu
, 9

Metaphorical use of punch-in
, 32

Middle and upper-class parenting
, 12

Mini-programmes
, 18–19

Mobilisation
, 13–14

Mompetition
, 6

Monitoring children’s academic pursuits
, 31

Music lessons
, 64

National High School Entrance Exam (zhongkao)
, 8

New punch-in tasks during the pandemic
, 37

Notifications
, 4

One-child policy
, 7

Online courses
, 4

Online discussion forums
, 23–24

Online education during Covid-19
, 26–28

Online support structures for expectant mothers
, 21

Overprotective parenting
, 11

Pandemic’s impact on punch-in culture
, 27–28

Paranoid parenting
, 10–11

Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child
, 11

Parent App: Understanding Families in the Digital Age, The
, 12

Parent chat groups
, 21–23, 49

Parent communication platforms
, 17, 21

Parent group dynamics
, 34

Parent representatives
, 40

Parent-parent groups
, 49–50

Parent-teacher chat groups
, 22, 31

Parent-teacher engagement
, 31

Parent-teacher groups
, 27, 50–51

Parental accountability
, 44, 62, 69

Parental competence
, 43

Parental consent and biometric data in schools
, 26

Parental determinism
, 7, 11

Parental envy
, 53

Parental involvement
, 9, 63

Parental involvement in online education
, 3

Parental obligations
, 54

Parental over-involvement
, 11, 66

Parental resentment
, 5, 53

Parental wellbeing
, 67, 70–71

Parent–child connectivity
, 12–13

Parenting
, 7, 10, 67

‘front stage’, rules, norms, and roles on
, 47–53

priorities in China
, 6–10

strain
, 67

stressors
, 67

Parenting culture
, 40, 48

Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears About Technology Shape Children’s Lives
, 13

Parenting obligations in the digital age
, 32

Parenting Out of Control
, 12

Parentocracy
, 6–7

Parent–parent chat groups
, 13

Parents
, 23, 56, 59

Parent–teacher communication
, 24–26

Parent–teacher interaction
, 31

Peer comparison
, 54

Peer dynamics
, 47–48

Peer pressure
, 53–57

Peer scrutiny
, 47

Peking Universities
, 8

Perfect parenting
, 23

Performative motherhood on social media
, 24

Performative parenting
, 42, 48

in parent chat groups
, 51

Performativity
, 22, 47–48, 50, 52, 62–63

Persistence of punch-in culture post-pandemic
, 63

Phone calls
, 4

Pinma (competitive mothering)
, 6

Piyu benming (fatigue and rush)
, 45

Pressure on children’s academic performance
, 10

Privacy protection in research on digital technologies
, 28

Provincial-level schools
, 26

Public digital platforms
, 63

Public recording of parenting tasks
, 62

Public shaming
, 41, 46

Public smartphone chargers
, 1

Punch-in categories
, 32

Punch-in culture
, 31–32, 47, 62

Chinese parents’ punch-in for acknowledging notifications and participating in polls
, 34

Chinese parents’ punch-in for children’s assignments
, 33

Chinese parents’ punch-in tasks
, 38

Chinese teachers’ punch-in practices
, 43

during Covid-19 pandemic
, 36–39

ecosystem and reward–punishment regime
, 40–44

implications of punch-in culture for parents and children
, 44–46

origins, manifestations, and norms
, 32–36

Punch-in tasks
, 32, 35–42, 44–45, 50, 70

Qinyang Education Bureau of Henan province
, 3

QQ
, 20

class
, 38–40

instant messaging
, 18, 20

Reddit
, 20

“Reducing the Study Load” campaigns
, 9

Reward–punishment regime
, 40–44

Risk consciousness in parenting
, 11

Risk perceptions in parenting
, 12

Risk society
, 13

Role captivity
, 68

Role of online forums in parenting
, 23

Role overload
, 68

Schisms
, 63

School-based parent–parent groups
, 49

School-based parent–teacher groups
, 49

Scientific parenting
, 6

Self-inquiry course
, 26–27

Self-presentation
, 47–48, 57, 63

Shared bicycles and cars
, 1

Shared drives for uploading learning materials and assignments
, 4

Shein
, 14

Silicon Valley of China
, 1

Sina Weibo
, 24

Smart Learning Partner
, 27

Smartphones
, 2, 62

ubiquity
, 13, 18

Social, cultural, and economic capital
, 14

Social comparison and parental wellbeing
, 23, 65

Social media
, 2, 54

accounts
, 23–24

penetration in China
, 18

portrayal
, 63

users
, 18

Social stratification in parent chat groups
, 22

Sociocultural context of digital adoption
, 17

Socioeconomic differences in parenting
, 11

Socioeconomic disparities
, 14

Socioemotional dimensions of parenting
, 67

Socioemotional facets
, 47

Solidarity
, 51

Spontaneous parent groups
, 49–50

Stress
, 67–68

Stress Process Model (SPM)
, 67–68

Stressors
, 67

Submission of assignments
, 32

Super apps
, 18–19

Survey participation
, 32

Symbolic punishment
, 42

Teacher burnout
, 42

Teacher-parent communication
, 4

Teachers
, 42–43

Tech-friendly environment
, 1

Technological aids for education
, 12

Technological backbone of punch-in culture
, 31

Technological innovations
, 1, 14

Technologisation of family life
, 12, 15

Temperance
, 51

Tencent
, 14

Tencent QQ
, 20

Three-dimension (3D)
, 1

Tiger mother parenting
, 17

Tools for facilitating parental punch-in
, 32

Transcendent parenting
, 13

Transcendent Parenting: Raising Children in the Digital Age
, 13

Transition to online research methods during Covid-19
, 37

Trusty means of securing parental support
, 36

Tsinghua Universities
, 8

Unequal Childhoods: Race, Class, and Family Life
, 11

User-generated content
, 20

Virtual approaches to parent-teacher communication
, 37

Virtual private networks (VPNs)
, 61

WeChat
, 3, 17, 19, 48–49, 53

chat groups
, 21–23

groups
, 4, 21

mini-programs
, 18–19

parent groups
, 40

and QQ for parenting
, 22

as super app
, 18–19

Wellbeing through policy and design
, 67–70

WhatsApp
, 23, 65

Wolf father
, 6

Work strain
, 67

Work-life balance
, 45, 69

Working-class mothers
, 23

Xiao Bieli (Chinese television drama)
, 17

Xiao Huangdi (Little Emperors)
, 7

Xiaohongshu (China’s Instagram)
, 20–21, 24, 59n1, 61

Xiaoxuntong
, 4

Xiongmao Lianzi (Panda Practises Writing)
, 36

Yili
, 9

Yiqixue
, 3, 25

Yuerwang
, 26

Zhejiang province
, 1

Zhongkao
, 8