Need for empathy

In the documentary, Xiaoxiao's mother says: "I'm not worried about his future, but his current performance at school makes me feel anxious."

Fan says people are generally anxious about children's education in a modern society.

"It seems there is universal anxiety about education. Parents are worried their children will not get good grades to make the most of educational resources, so they urge children to study harder. And dyslexia adds to such anxiety in families, since the children's problems make them vulnerable to failure in an exam-oriented education system. Unfortunately, this problem cannot be fixed through pure hard work," Fan says.

When such anxiety is hard to resolve, acceptance might be the better way.

"None of us is perfect, but each of us is unique. At the end of the day, we need to accept the fact that we are imperfect. So are our children," Li Ruihua says.

"Parents can only reduce their anxiety and offer effective support to their children when they respect the growth rate of each child, and give them more time and space for growth."