Parents face peer pressure at parent-teacher meetings

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Chinese parents are under growing pressure during parent-teacher meetings at elementary schools. [Photo/CFP]

Chinese parents are under growing pressure at parent-teacher meetings at elementary schools, the Wuhan-based newspaper Changjiang Daily has reported.

In the Wuchang district of Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, a woman， surnamed Lu, spent a whole afternoon buying a new skirt for the final meeting of the spring semester，because she feared that she would embarrass her child by not dressing well.

Her daughter, a third grader, said her classmates criticized their parents' appearance, and that there was even a "beauty list" ranked by the children.

"I had to go to a hair salon and buy a new dress each time there was a conference meeting," said Lu.

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