Chinese Zodiac for Kids and Parents

What does the Chinese zodiac have to tell us about our children — and how best to parent them?

Every parent strives to provide his or her child with the best (and most self-aware) support possible, and that objective encourages a process of seeking guidance from many sources of wisdom, including doctors and other child-rearing experts, family and friends. By knowing more about our children and how they are wired, we can hopefully parent them better, right? The Chinese zodiac can be another useful and entertaining source to find out more about our children’s natural attributes and charms — and give us parents some intelligence about how best to raise them to achieve their full potential.

Chinese New Year begins on Feb. 12, 2021, and children born during this year will be natives of the sign of the Ox. (Note: If you are expecting a new baby before Feb. 12, your child will be born in the prior Chinese Year of the Rat.)

In Chinese culture, the ox is a highly valued animal. Kiddos born in the sign of the Ox are calm, fair-minded, dependable, honest and — as the saying goes — constitutionally strong. All traits that we hope emerge to guide us through these continued pandemic straits. Read on to learn more your little Ox.

To discover more about your child’s personality and natural gifts, locate his or her date of birth and corresponding Chinese zodiac sign in the table below — read your own profile to see if you recognize the child within you!

May the year ahead bring your family the steadying strength and perseverance of the Ox! !

Chinese Calendar 1991–2021

For complete tables, check the Wikipedia.org Chinese Zodiac entry.