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Silver Bridge: Two Countries Growing Old · Chapter 14 · Comparing Grandparents' Childcare Roles in China and Korea

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  1. A survey by the Shanghai Science Parenting Base shows that 73.4% of young children in Chinese cities have grandparents as their main caregivers.
  2. The author compares this with the 15.5% of Korean dual-income households that rely on grandparent care, and writes that the enrollment rate for children aged 0 to 3 in Chinese childcare facilities is 7.8%.
  3. The author argues that grandparent childcare in China creates a market combining silver and kids, and says this is his own opinion while also promoting Chapter 14 of his book.

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Silver Bridge: Two Countries Growing Old · Chapter 14 · Comparing Grandparents' Childcare Roles in China and Korea

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [실버 브릿지] 실버 브릿지: 두 나라의 늙어감 · Chapter 14 · 중국과 한국의 조부모 육아 역할 비교

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