Report: Fathers are failing their preschool children

Chinese fathers are failing to play an adequate role in educating their children before they reach school age, according to a report released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission on Wednesday.

Mothers play the central role in both taking care of children and educating them before they are 5 years old, followed by grandparents, according to the China Family Development Report 2015.

For children up to age 5, 47.6 percent have their mother as the primary caregiver, and 54 percent of them have their mother as their educator, according to the report.