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A growing number of young fathers are devoting their lives to their children. Yang Zekun reports. The proud father teaches his son English and math for an hour every morning. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
There was no yelling or arguing, but Chen Huangliang could sense his father s disappointment and anger via the momentary pause on the other end of the phone.
The 36-year-old had just admitted that he had quit his well-paid job in the power-generation industry and been a stay-at-home dad for more than a year.
Like many older people in China, Chen s father believes that a man should have a job and make good money to support his family, rather than spending his days with children.