Extended Families and the Economics of Parenting

http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/should-grandparents-be-paid-to-care-for-babies


http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/in-china-its-the-grandparents-who-lean-in/280097/


This should generate familiar ripples based on the recent Prelims paper you read.
It looks at case studies from China and South Korea.

Retrieve your notes on the AQ provided in class.

What common grounds do you see in how families manage parenting roles here, especially across Asian societies?  How do they differ from the so-called western context?