China is considering legislation on family education to guide parents and prevent child abuse, the All-China Women's Federation announced.

 

A draft proposal on family education is expected this year and will be put to the legislative commission of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body.

 

Statistics show over half of "problematic" children come from "troubled" homes, according to You Tao, chief judge of the juvenile judicial tribunal with a Beijing district court.

 

Many parents only care about the school records of their children, scarcely paying any attention to their behavior," said Li Weihua, a teacher at Beijing's Caihefang primary school.

 

Several years ago, some pilot programs on parental education guidance were launched in local regions including South China's Yunnan Province, but were halted for lack of a legal basis.

 

"Chinese people regard family education as a household affair which allows no external interference," said Lin Jianjun, dean of the law school with China Women's University (CWU) in Beijing.

 

Professional knowledge must guarantee the quality of family education and reduce parenting mistakes, said Lin.

 

China issued an outline of a national plan for medium- and long-term education reform and development in 2010, which explicitly required legislation on home education, said Li Mingshun, head of the drafting team and vice president of CWU.

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