reference message network March 29th reported that the world social media was living with grandparents in a remote Yunnan early this year. The country's 8 year old boy, Wang Fuman, lit it. Wang Fuman takes almost 3 miles (1 miles or 1.609 kilometers) to school every day. One morning, he appeared in the classroom with an ice cream, a teacher took the scene and sent the picture to the Internet. "Ice flower boy" Wang Fuman quickly became popular on the Internet. This photo also raises concerns about the plight of many Chinese children who grow up without their parents.
the New York Times website reported on March 27 on the "orphan" in China's economic miracle. In the past 30 years, hundreds of millions of Chinese have left their villages to seek work in the bustling cities, making the largest migration tide in the history of human history. But while looking for better jobs for the family to win a better future, they leave their children in the village, some of which live with their relatives, and some depend on themselves.
reports that more than 60 million children in China live in rural areas without parents, usually in the care of their relatives, according to a 2013 report by the National Women's Federation. Many of them live on their own and have no family care.
reports that children are often delivered to grandparents who have not been educated or even illiterate in rural areas, and because these relatives often have other heavy jobs that need to be completed, the children are at risk of not being fully taken care of. The tube bundles are often missing. Elderly guardians may not send young children to preschool, or they may not be able to help older children complete their homework. Rural children lack parental care, which is closely related to children's emotional and developmental problems.
reports that although the study of urban children has made great progress in recent decades, the situation of rural children is not the case, especially those left behind. A study conducted by Stanford University researchers in collaboration with Chinese scholars found that rural children were much less likely to finish high school. Children whose parents both went to work in cities were significantly worse off than their parents, and boys were more affected than girls.
reports that other factors that lead to poor education in China's rural areas include the teaching level and poor facilities in rural schools, but the key factor is the absence of parents.
data picture: a left behind child stands alone at the door of the house in Guizhou.