Yijing Chen

Service design is a discipline closely related to real user experiences and processes, particularly in projects with social impact. We find that many phenomena in life are often influenced by multiple factors such as culture and family.

The "ReRole" project believes that nurturing the next generation is a collective responsibility of all humanity. Governments, businesses, families, and society as a whole should each take up their own responsibilities. As the primary unit providing nurturing support, families bear the negative consequences of child-rearing, such as the difficulty in balancing family and career, and the challenges of professional development. Ideally, these negative impacts should be shared among all stakeholders in society. However, the current situation in China is that these negative impacts are solely transferred onto mothers, resulting in physical, psychological, and economic "maternal penalties" that make the situation of women intending to have or already having children even more difficult.

We explore the underlying causes and logic behind these two social phenomena, unraveling the interests of various stakeholders and the complexities of social relationships. We aim to explore a division of labor and parenting logic that is suitable for contemporary Chinese society through service design. We hope to break the stereotypical gender-based division of parenting and work responsibilities in China, reshaping the social roles of parenting.