Promising Professions

Xia Min is excited to see on the news that an occupation called parenting instructor might soon gain official recognition from China’s human resources authority. As a college student majoring in education, she first became familiar with the profession a year ago through a television drama and has grown more interested in it ever since.

“Parents have great expectations for their children and are under pressure to nurture them, but sometimes they may become so anxious that they overparent, passing on their stress to the children and harming family harmony,” Xia told . “I would like to be the person who helps