Puberty is a challenging time for both children and parents. Many researches about parenting in puberty time have been done in the western culture context. Due to Chinese parents' special philosophy of parenting, it is valuable and interesting to probe the this parenting-related issue in Chinese context. Unfortunately, there was few study to do so. As the supplement for previous research, this study aimed to discuss Chinese parenting behaviors during children's early adolescent time by introducing two interviews with a parent of early adolescent boy and a parent of a girl in early adolescence respectively. It's found that the Chinese parenting style can be explained from 3 aspects: aims of parenting, basic idea of parenting, expectations to kid. No matter for boy or girl, the parenting involves supervision and understanding and love, which is a kind of unique style shared in Chinese family education culture. Besides, parent gives more expectation about parent-child communication to girl.
‘Tiger mom, panda dad’: a study of contemporary Chinese parenting profiles