Abstract: In the context of fertility-support policies and the “Double Reduction” initiative, community-based collaborative parenting has emerged as a vital approach to addressing the challenges posed by intensive parenting and the privatization of childrearing. Anchored in the theoretical framework of social work, this study examines the relatively underexplored practice of community co-parenting in county-level contexts. Using the C Community in X County, Shandong Province, as a case study, this study adopts an ecological systems perspective and employs a mixed-methods design to construct a comprehensive, grounded account of local co-parenting practices. The findings indicate that the co-parenting initiatives in C Community encompass three interrelated dimensions—basic childcare, developmental child activities, and supportive family education—forming a relatively well-integrated co-parenting ecosystem. Nevertheless, persistent challenges remain, including limited public awareness and low service uptake. These difficulties are rooted in the utilitarian conception of time within intensive parenting culture, the information cocoon effect, and the limited visibility of community program outcomes. Building on these insights, the study reflects on the structural and cultural distinctions between county-level and metropolitan co-parenting practices and, leveraging the advantages of localized social networks, proposes practical strategies to dismantle parenting information cocoons, enhance the visibility and perceived effectiveness of community co-parenting, and align service provision more closely with families’ educational expectations.

Key words: intensive parenting, community-based childcare, child-friendly, country level