Single Parenthood and Diverse Family Structures:New Fertility Trends among Childbearing-Age Youth
Growing up in the era of globalization,the new generation of Chinese youth have entered childbearing age.They have a high degree of individual subjectivity and their childbearing concepts are very different from those of their parents.At the same time,they actively display avant-garde childbearing concepts on social media.Single parenthood among older women is one of them.This study takes the digital content of single single-motherhood bloggers on social media as the research object to explore the cognition,motivation and confusion of single mothers about this new childbearing behavior.The study found that these bloggers who publicly perform"partner-free parenting"on social media have strong economic strength and a high degree of autonomy in their own lives.While enjoying the happiness of single parenthood,they also have cultural dilemmas and emotional needs for the absence of fatherhood.This"neo-ancestral behavior"dominated by women is an inevitable product of economic and social development.With the adjustment and relaxation of the birth policy,China's family life will show a new trend of diversification.
single parenthoodnew fertility trendsdiverse family structuresneo-ancestral phenomenon