Growing Pain: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A story that follows four households and how every family member braves the rains and basks under the sun in this journey called life. Contrary to expectations, the bright and bubbly Lin Miao Miao has received high scores in the recent exams, which earns her admission to a top high school. Her mom Wang Sheng Nan is exceptionally proud of her daughter's achievements. Lin Miao Miao is also elated as well since she will be living in the dorms away from her mother's control. However, school life is not easy in the face of stiff competition. Miao Miao's grades come under pressure, and her mom Wang Sheng Nan decides to become a tutor mom. By the third year of high school, Lin Miao Miao and her friends face drastic changes in their homes that they must come to terms with.

Series details

• Title: Growing Pain
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Family, Romance
• Premiere date: 2019-06-09
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Hunan TV
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Mango TV
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 73390
• TVDB ID: 365316

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-06-09; final listed air date 2019-07-01; episode order: 40.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-07-21; final listed air date 2022-08-11; episode order: 40.
• Season 3: episode order: 40.

Source and licence

Adapted from Growing Pain on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.