Parenting issues often bother whole family, leading to frequent disputes yet struggle to find effective solutions. A recent survey by the Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) reveals that 40% of parents experiencing conflicts with their children at least once a week, which mean plenty of ordinary families are facing similar challenges. The survey suggests that giving a "false compromise" as a tool of resolving conflicts, actually leads to repeated disputes and deteriorates parent-child relationships.

Latest study conducted by YWCA indicates a correlation between the amount of time primary school students spending on electronic devices and their parents' usage, while children plays almost twice as much as their parents during weekends, highlighting a strong parental influence on children's behaviors.

The COVID-19 pandemic is raging around the world, affecting the daily life of every Hong Kong citizen. Students have yet to return to their normal school life. For children with special educational needs (SEN), not only is their learning being obstructed, their rehabilitation training is also being hindered, which bring extra stress to their parents. To rekindle mutual love within the family members, the YWCA Jockey Club Family Wellness Centre has been providing multiple services to SEN families during the hard times.

“Men are breadwinners; women are homemakers.” It has been a traditional way of division of household work for a long time. However, social norm is changing as gender equality is on the table. Men and women are both eager to act according to their will. To push the social movement forward, family education is necessary.

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小學生情緒困擾及社交問題漸趨普遍，部份苦不堪言者，甚至因此做出各種自殘以至輕生行為。香港基督教女青年會(女青)一項調查就發現，近三成小學生認為自己有情緒困擾問題或社交狀況不良好，唯多數父母根本不知道或不認為子女面對這些苦況。社工指，有小至小一生發出「我想死」的呼喊，建議家長及早識別子女情緒及社交問題並介入處理。

女青去年進行了一項大型親子調查，並於今年初公佈首階段結果，發現兒童社交和解難能力與生活模式息息相關。調查小組於日前完成第二階段數據比較，分析了693份配對的兒童及家長問卷，了解親子間就兒童社交狀況及情緒困擾的認知及異同，發現兩代人之間存在明顯的認知落差。

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香港人生活忙碌，連初小學生也不例外。香港基督教女青年會家庭健康促進中心早前進行的「初小學生與家長日常時間運用調查」顯示，香港出現許多「兩少」學生—睡得少、玩得少，學業可能超標，但睡眠和玩耍時數卻「不達標」。

調查於今年4月以便利抽樣的書面問卷形式進行，對象為全日制小二及小三學生及其家長，共收回1,004份有效問卷。負責調查的女青家庭健康促進中心督導主任吳翠萍表示，平日扣除必要的上學、交通、吃飯、睡覺等時間，受訪學生大多花時間在學習上。她續道，40.1%受訪學生須花2小時以上做功課，要花時間長達4小時以上的也有4.4%。另外，在小二、小三已經開始在放學後花多於1小時上補習班的，亦達35%。

「兩少」學生—睡眠、玩耍「不達標」

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父親節將至，其實為人父母最渴望與子女關係融洽良好。不過，香港基督教女青年會西環綜合社會服務處進行的「親子正負極 ─ 親子行為與關係」調查顯示，家長自評親子關係滿意指數較兒童自評高，反映不少父母主觀地認為自己與孩子關係很好，事實卻未必如此。

是次調查於去年下旬訪問了超過一千位小四至中三的學童及家長，他們均於中西區學校就學或居住。問卷調查其中一部份是「親子關係自評滿意指數」，受訪學童或家長須以1至10分自評親子關係，1分為極差，10為極佳。

家長傾向「自我感覺良好」

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惟子女情緒、教育制度最考起媽媽

現代母親常被諷為「虎媽」，香港基督教女青年會與香港大學專業進修學院社會工作學科應香港電台第五台節目「笑容從家開始」邀請、於今年三至四月進行的「現代媽媽教養子女方法社區調查」卻顯示，逾700位受訪媽媽當中，近半屬「智慧媽媽」，親子關係及教養方法評分不俗。負責調查的香港基督教女青年會家庭健康促進中心督導主任李雯珊表示，母親節快將來臨，是次結果正可為「虎媽」大平反，為廣大母親送上最佳的禮物。

現代媽媽智慧一：管教關愛並重