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家长们熬夜追看的《小舍得》,戳中了谁的痛?

CD君 CHINADAILY 2021-04-26
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最近两周,有一部电视剧在各个家长群中被频频提及。许多“老母亲”们在督促孩子勤奋学习之余,熬夜追看这部电视剧。
这就是聚焦“小升初”话题的《小舍得》。作为“小”系列的第三部影视化作品,这部剧集凭借对代际矛盾和教育话题的精准捕捉与真实再现,跃居爆款。
剧中,两位妈妈——南俪和田雨岚——面临的育儿困境,和她们面对“小升初”时经历的挣扎和焦灼,也恰恰折射出中国式教育特有的无奈和酸楚。
近日,中国日报记者徐帆专访了《小舍得》的原著作者鲁引弓。在他眼中,“抢跑”已经带来整个教育生态的变化,希望这部剧能引起大家的反思,让教育回归正常。


The ending of primary school to be admitted by a junior school marks a new chapter for every child, making it a sweet adolescent memory deserved to be remembered over a lifetime.

However, Chinese parents' tendency to push children hard to get high scores, which is widely believed as a common practice to lay the foundation for future success, is likely casting a shadow over the childhoods of next generations.


A Love for Dilemma, a 42-episode TV series produced by Linmon Pictures, delves deep into this education issue, and has become highly popular online.

Since it first started running on CCTV-8 and Dragon Television, as well as the streaming platform iQiyi on April 11, the drama starring actresses Song Jia and Jiang Xin as two different types of mothers has topped the ratings of all shows aired during the same hours. The drama has also started to run on CCTV-1 since Saturday. 

After the hit series A Love for Separation (2016) and A Little Reunion (2019), A Love for Dilemma marks novelist Lu Yingong's third education-themed tale to be adapted into a television drama.


A graduate of Chinese literature of the Guangzhou-based Sun Yat-sen University, Lu worked as a journalist before he was appointed as the deputy chief editor of Hangzhou-based Qianjiang Evening News. Hearing a lot of stories about anxious parents and stressed children from other journalists, Lu was inspired to write the franchise.

Now working as a professor at the Communication University of Zhejiang, Lu said he was inspired to write the new novel during a trip departing from Guangzhou to Hangzhou.

▲ File Photo of Lu Yingong

Stumbling upon a news story about anxious parents sending children to after-school classes, squeezing out most of the play time, he forwarded the link on his WeChat moments, surprised to find it quickly accumulated many reviews.

"Many of my friends, even those who are living in Japan and the North America, commented as they have also suffered and struggled with the stress. Most of them suggested that I use it as the subject for my new novel," recalled Lu.

With the idea haunting him, Lu was more drawn to delve into the subject while hearing the stories of a friend, a deputy chief of a media organization.

"She is highly educated and open-minded about education. But she was also forced to sacrifice the childhood happiness of her daughter in order to send her to extracurricular classes after discovering that most students in the young girl's class were already attending such programs," said Lu.

Despite the young girl being smart and diligent, she was incapable to catch up with those who had learned more outside school hours, pulling the mother unwillingly to join the "battle" to strive for the limited admission quotas of local top junior schools.


The woman has become the archetype of Nan Li, played by actress Song Jia, the protagonist in the TV series. Despite leading a successful life with a caring husband and a couple of children, Nan, an executive at a media company, has realized her previous "happy education" ideal is smashed by cruel reality. Her elder daughter, a grade five primary student with a good sense of art, may fail to be admitted by a top junior school as the teenager's academic scores are not good enough.

A contrast to Nan Li, Tian Yulan (starring Jiang Xin) is a typical "tiger mother" who firmly believes scores and medals list the top of all priorities for her son. Her enthusiasm for academic success even escalates the family tensions. For instance, during a family dinner with her father-in-law and other relatives, she urges the young boy to recite as many as digits of Pi, or π, to "entertain" and show off. In order to push the boy to completely focus on academic studies, she requires her son to quit his favorite soccer class, causing the young boy to become depressed. 


"All such scenes seem crazy and incredible, but around 90 percent of the content is based on real stories," said Lu.

"I don't believe Chinese parents are 'monsters'. Most of the parents are college-educated. They do wish their children to have a happy and easy childhood," added the writer.

But he believes the fierce competition to earn a top school's admission has severely affected the normal educational "ecosystem", as few Chinese parents are brave enough to risk their children's future. 


Recently, China's education authorities have issued a string of policies to regulate the after-school training organizations, widely deemed as an effort to reduce primary and middle school students' burden. 

"A Love for Dilemma's story ends on a warm and comforting note. I hope the drama will evoke an in-depth examination of the educational problems and help children to live a normal childhood," concluded Lu.

记者:徐帆

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