Is cash allowance a way to ease child care burden? Views of carers in Hong Kong

Influences of Psychological Well-being, Job Support, and Paternal Involvement on Working Mothers’ Involvement and Authoritative Parenting in Hong Kong

“…Compared with Western countries, Hong Kong has a less family-friendly work policy and fewer child-care benefits, such as short maternity and paternity leave and long working hours (Chiu & Ng, 1999; Kwok & Wong, 2000). As a result, differing levels of support from their family such as paternal involvement and employment-related experiences may influence Hong Kong working parents’ involvement and parenting style in different ways (Siu et al, 2005; Leung, 2016). Since there are cultural and contextual differences between the East and the West, this study examines maternal employment and parenting in Hong Kong by investigating factors that affect working mothers’ involvement and authoritative parenting during the final kindergarten year.…”

Gender Matters: Rethinking the Childcare Model in Hong Kong

“…Subsidised childcare services have never been adequate in Hong Kong under the strong influence of familialism and neoliberal ideology in welfare (Leung, ). Do parents in Hong Kong prefer the family to take sole responsibility in childcare, or should the responsibilities be shared by the other stakeholders?…”

“…The first measure is to revisit the policy assumption on childcare to provide a more proactive and long‐term childcare policy to help families face this age of austerity — for example, to review the distribution among sectors of roles in providing care, to strengthen the role of government in providing subsidised services and to support community care. The second measure is to provide more financial resources and affordable and accessible high‐quality childcare services to parents (Leung, ). Collective childcare service should be considered an integral part of and an essential supplement to individual family care.…”