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When the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child meets Confucianism: Chinese parents' understanding of children’s right to play

Liu, Chang; Xu, Yuwei

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Chang Liu



Abstract

This study employs a poststructuralist theoretical framework to explore parents’ attitudes towards children’s right to play in Shanghai, China. It adopted mixed methods of online questionnaires (N = 880) and semi-structured interviews (N = 11). The findings suggest that participants struggle with embracing and practising children’s right to play as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), reflecting culturally-sensitive and -contextualised concerns around their children’s future success. Those concerns are connected with the hegemony of Confucianism in shaping educational values in Chinese education. In the context of globalisation, this paper points to the empowerment of parents in practising children’s rights to play in China.

Citation

Liu, C., & Xu, Y. (2023). When the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child meets Confucianism: Chinese parents' understanding of children’s right to play. Childhood, 30(2), 177–193. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682231151848

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 3, 2023
Online Publication Date Jan 13, 2023
Publication Date 2023-05
Deposit Date Jan 4, 2023
Publicly Available Date Jan 11, 2023
Journal Childhood
Print ISSN 0907-5682
Electronic ISSN 1461-7013
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Issue 2
Pages 177–193
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682231151848
Keywords children’s rights; parents; right to play; global south; UNCRC
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/15504830
Publisher URL https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09075682231151848

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