Research On The Parent-child Relationship Of Rural Left-behind Children And Social Work Intervention

At the end of the twentieth Century, A large number of migrant workers went to the city. In China’s vast rural area came out the phenomenon of Left-behind children. This phenomenon is one of the social problems in China. It is an unique phenomenon in China, and it will exist for a long time. Many researchers find that, the estranged parent-child relationship is the cause of the problem of left-behind children. This study aimed to explore the present situation and characteristics of parent-child relationship of rural left-behind children, to explore the main factors affect the parent-child relationship of rural left-behind children. At last, In the perspective of social work, put forward the solutions to improve the parent-child relationship of rural left-behind children,the solutions to improve family cohesion.This research based on the tructure function theory、family system theory、social support theory and based on the investigation of Guanba Village,Xianfeng County, Enshi Autonomous Prefecture,came into the primary school of the village and the left-behind children’home.Through the interviews and participatory research to explore the present situation and characteristics of parent-child relationship of rural left-behind children. The research result is that the content and the way of the communication are very monotonous,the relationship between the parents and left-behind is estranged. The conclusions of the research is that the relationship between the parents and left-behind is estranged.The main reasons leading to this are the left-behind children’parents lack communication concepts and skills; the guardians do not play the role of communication media; the communication effect between the left-behind children and the parents is poor; from the perspective of social work to intervene the relationship between the left-behind children and their parents has certain feasibility.The innovation of this study lies in the following aspects:in the aspect of theory, this article use the structure function theory to analysis of the causes of the estranged relationship between the parents and the left-behind children; in the aspect of research method,this study uses the method of qualitative research,through structured interviews and participatory research to collect materials,the materials is rich and comprehensive.