According to a study, more than 70% of young parents with a monthly household income of over $20,000 are found to be "dual-income families". The working hours of Hong Kong people are generally too long, making it difficult for most dual-income parents to spare time to spend with their children, and thus leading to an imbalance between their work and family life.
Many Hong Kong parents have to go to work and come home exhausted from work. Hong Kong people often say, "I'm busy". Full-time moms are busy, working moms are busy, fathers are busy, and children are even busier. Parents don't have time to spend with their children, so they have to leave them in the hands of their maids or elders. In some cases, due to financial pressure, both parents have to work in order to meet the expenses of the whole family. For those who can't afford to hire a foreign domestic helper, they will let their children attend homework tutorial classes or interest classes at school, and then go to homework tutorial classes at community centers, which is actually custodianship service, and then wait for their parents to pick them up and bring them home after work.
Provides care for some parents who are unable to care for their children after school hours because they are working, looking for work, or for other reasons.
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To support parents who are unable to take care of their children temporarily due to work or other reasons, the Social Welfare Department subvents non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide a wide range of child care services to meet the different needs of parents and children.
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"Hao Yi Matching. Since February 2021, the "Goodwill Tutor" online homework help desk has been providing free online learning support to students from Primary 1 to Secondary 3, and is manned by volunteer tutors from enterprises, tertiary institutions and high schools. The platform is manned by volunteer tutors from enterprises, tertiary and high schools, and has so far answered over 5,000 academic questions for students.
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The School-based After-school Learning and Support Programmes (SALSP) focuses on providing additional support and opportunities for disadvantaged students to enhance their learning effectiveness, broaden their learning experience outside the classroom, and strengthen their understanding of the community and sense of belonging, with a view to achieving whole-person and balanced development.
Target group: Primary 1 to Secondary 6 students in receipt of (CSSA) and full grant under the Student Financial Assistance Scheme (SFAS).
Services: Provide free homework tutoring classes and a series of developmental extracurricular activities, such as museum visits, environmental education groups, ball games, sports shooting... etc.
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If you would like to know more about the program or have any questions, please feel free to leave a message to us at Sunyu Academy and we will try our best to answer them.
Source:
Lotus Parenting (How to Balance Work and Family for Dual Career Parents?)
Shun Yu Academy (Government After-school Care Service)
Sunyu Academy (Daytime Child Care Service)
"Goodwill Matching / Goodwill Supplementary e-Learning Service
School-based After-school Learning and Support Programs (After-school Programs)
Related information:
Sunyu Academy (How to be a good dual-career parent? 4 tips to help you!)
HK01 (94% of child caregivers are physically impaired 82% are overworked)
Shun Yu Academy (Working Families Allowance Scheme Vocational Allowance Scheme)
Sunyu Academy (When can Hong Kong people really enjoy learning?)
