China's draft family education promotion law targets teens

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China's draft family education promotion law targets teens

In the draft of the family education promotion law, guardians will be ordered and reprimanded to go through family education guidance programs if prosecutors find very bad or criminal behavior in children under their care.

There are many reasons for adolescents to misbehave and the lack of or inappropriate family education is the major cause, said Zang Tiewei, spokesman of the Legislative Affairs Commission under the National People's Congress NPC China's rubber-stamp parliament.

The draft family education promotion law, which will be discussed at the NPC Standing Committee meeting this week, also urges parents to arrange time for their children to rest, play and exercise.

In recent months, the Education Ministry has limited gaming hours for minors, allowing them to play online games for one hour on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday only. It also banned academic homework and cut off after-school tutoring for major subjects in the weekend and holidays, concerned about the heavy academic burden on children. At the same time, China is urging other young Chinese men to be less feminine and more male. In its proposal to stop the Feminization of Male Adolescents issued in December, the Education Ministry urged schools to promote on-campus sports such as football.