5.2.2 Challenges Related to Demand
For those who did not participate in the program the top reason mentioned was families not supporting the idea of bringing children to the factory .
Lack of information and knowledge about the FCFS is another challenge . While there is a strong need for parents to get child -‐ care support this doesn ’ t always translate into demand for FCFS . As a matter of fact , where knowledge and familiarity with FCFS is low , demand for such projects also seems lower , as can be seen in the baseline survey where only 34 % of the parents said they would certainly bring their children to such a center . Meanwhile this number increased to 81 % among the beneficiaries of the program ( Chart 5 ). When extended families of working parents lack awareness of FCFS and its benefits , the demand for such a project is also lower . Among those who did not participate in the program , the number one reason for not participating was their extended families ' lack of approval ( Chart 18 ). During interviews with the non -‐ participants , it became clear that some feel living conditions in their hometowns were possibly better suited for children than the factory dormitories or rented apartments and that their extended families worried children would not be taken good care of in the FCFS . Some parents also mentioned post -‐ work tiredness as a factor for not bringing children to the FCFS .
Chart 18 : Top Reasons for Not Participating in FCFS
41 %
My family ( e . g . grandparents ) will not agree
19 %
He / she is too young to go to a day -‐ care center
14 %
Even with a day -‐ care center , I won ’ t have jme to take care of him / her
5.2.3 Distant Parenting
Similar to results in previous studies 4 many parents may feel guilty about being separated from their children and in this case getting particularly stressed when parting with their children after spending the summer together . As Charts 19 and 20 show , parents who participated in the program continued to feel guilty and worried about their children ’ s education after they return to their hometowns . This indicates the strong need to instill a greater sense of confidence in parents regarding the important role they play in their children ' s lives and convincing them that this role does not have to diminish due to distance . The finding also underlines the need to equip them with the skills to strengthen and maintain the parent -‐ child bond . CCR CSR parenting training program has shown in other programs to effectively address these issues . Thus , for future FCFS programs , CCR CSR will strongly recommend complementing the FCFS with such training programs so that parents are equipped with better parenting and remote parenting skills .
4 " They Are Also Parents : A Study on Migrant Workers with Left -‐ Behind Children in China ", CCR CSR , 2013 .
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