Push Kids 鸡娃 | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

通过标题这两个字

tōng guò biāo tí zhè liǎng gè zì

Through the two characters in the title

你能看懂这个词是什么意思吗

nǐ néng kàn dǒng zhè ge cí shì shén me yì si ma

Can you understand what this word means

“鸡”是另一个“激”字的谐音

“jī” shì lìng yī gè “jī” zì de xié yīn

"Jī" is a homophone of another character "jī"

表示激励、刺激、施压

biǎo shì jī lì、cì jī、shī yā

It means to motivate, stimulate, and exert pressure

“娃”就是孩子

“wá” jiù shì hái zi

"Wá" means child

所以“鸡娃”指的是

suǒ yǐ “jī wá” zhǐ de shì

So "jī wá" refers to

父母高强度施压，激励孩子努力学习

fù mǔ gāo qiáng dù shī yā，jī lì hái zi nǔ lì xué xí

Parents exert high-intensity pressure to motivate their children to study hard

这也许是中国的一个特有现象

zhè yě xǔ shì zhōng guó de yī gè tè yǒu xiàn xiàng

This may be a unique phenomenon in China

是社会竞争的畸形产物

shì shè huì jìng zhēng de jī xíng chǎn wù

It is a distorted product of social competition

我们会看到父母非常看重孩子的成绩

wǒ men huì kàn dào fù mǔ fēi cháng kàn zhòng hái zi de chéng jì

We can see that parents attach great importance to their children's grades

监督孩子写作业

jiān dū hái zi xiě zuò yè

Supervise their children to do homework

因为辅导作业而生气暴怒

yīn wèi fǔ dǎo zuò yè ér shēng qì bào nù

Get angry and furious  because of tutoring homework

因为未达到他的预期而责骂孩子

yīn wèi wèi dá dào tā de yù qī ér zé mà hái zi

Scold the child for not meeting his expectations

因为孩子的成绩而惩罚孩子

yīn wèi hái zi de chéng jì ér chéng fá hái zi

Punish the child because of his grades

这些行为导致了非常多的孩子心灵受伤

zhè xiē xíng wéi dǎo zhì le fēi cháng duō de hái zi xīn líng shòu shāng

These behaviors have caused many children to suffer psychological harm

厌恶学习，甚至轻生

yàn wù xué xí，shèn zhì qīng shēng

Hate studying, and even commit suicide

这种现象一方面是由于学校的施压

zhè zhǒng xiàn xiàng yī fāng miàn shì yóu yú xué xiào de shī yā

On the one hand, this phenomenon is due to the pressure from schools

一方面是家长自己觉得必须要竞争

yī fāng miàn shì jiā zhǎng zì jǐ jué de bì xū yào jìng zhēng

On the other hand, parents themselves feel that they have to compete

但近些年国家做了很多措施

dàn jìn xiē nián guó jiā zuò le hěn duō cuò shī

But in recent years, the country has taken many measures

来减轻学生的负担

lái jiǎn qīng xué shēng de fù dān

To reduce the burden on students

比如不准公开成绩的排名

bǐ rú bù zhǔn gōng kāi chéng jì de pái míng

Such as not allowing the publication of grade rankings

不准开设学科培训机构

bù zhǔn kāi shè xué kē péi xùn jī gòu

Not allowing the establishment of subject training institutions

取消晚自习等等

qǔ xiāo wǎn zì xí děng děng

Canceling evening self-study, etc.

顺便提一句

shùn biàn tí yī jù

By the way

晚自习这个东西真是糟糕

wǎn zì xí zhè ge dōng xī zhēn shì zāo gāo

Evening self-study is really terrible

在黑夜里，把青春困在教室里

zài hēi yè lǐ，bǎ qīng chūn kùn zài jiào shì lǐ

Trapping youth in the classroom in the dark

我打算好了

wǒ dǎ suàn hǎo le

I have made up my mind

以后要帮助我的孩子们不去参加这些东西

yǐ hòu yào bāng zhù wǒ de hái zi men bù qù cān jiā zhè xiē dōng xī

In the future, I will help my children avoid participating in these things

我的孩子还在幼儿园

wǒ de hái zi hái zài yòu ér yuán

My children are still in kindergarten

等到他们上中学

děng dào tā men shàng zhōng xué

When they go to middle school

应该情况已经不一样了

yīng gāi qíng kuàng yǐ jīng bù yī yàng le

The situation should have changed

说回来，家长仍然选择鸡娃

shuō huí lái，jiā zhǎng réng rán xuǎn zé jī wá

Speaking of which, parents still choose to "jī wá"

就是家长自己认知和能力的不足

jiù shì jiā zhǎng zì jǐ rèn zhī hé néng lì de bù zú

It is the lack of cognition and ability of the parents themselves

很多家长唠叨孩子看书学习

hěn duō jiā zhǎng láo dao hái zi kàn shū xué xí

Many parents nag their children to read and study