Discussion on Millions of Chinese Kids are Parenting Themselves

  • Melody Wu the video is taken in Liangshan, China. (00:00:06 - 00:00:06)
  • Melody Wu The 12-year-old lived in the mountain with her older sister and younger brother all by themselves. (00:00:17 - 00:00:45)
  • Tester 4 The children learn Madarin Chinese in school. (00:01:00 - 00:01:00)
  • Melody Wu She likes reading and she thinks she is a good student. (00:01:02 - 00:01:02)
  • Tester 3 The younger sister has less pressure and is able to enjoy school and life more, comparing to the older sister. (00:01:02 - 00:01:02)
  • Melody Wu She believes that as long as she studies hard, she can achieve her dreams. (00:01:06 - 00:01:06)
  • Melody Wu texts: the three siblings live a 40 minute's walk from their grandparents and they live in their school dormitories during the week. (00:01:33 - 00:01:33)
  • Melody Wu Text: 9 millions of children in China live by themselves without their parents. (00:01:41 - 00:01:41)
  • Melody Wu Their parents work in Guangzhou and the three siblings think they can take good care of themselve without their parents. (00:02:10 - 00:02:10)
  • Melody Wu The three siblings look cheerful but they said sometimes they miss their parents, especially when they have nothing to do. (00:02:19 - 00:02:19)
  • Melody Wu The older sister is the hardest, because she has to take care of the family. She refuses to talk to her parents when they call. During the filming, the older sister cried in front of the camera. (00:02:25 - 00:02:41)
  • Tester 4 the family does not have kitchen and has to cook outside. (00:02:25 - 00:02:25)
  • Tester 1 The older sister has the most pressure among all children. (00:02:33 - 00:02:33)
  • Melody Wu The older sister explained that because there is no income in the mountains, her parents have to leave and work in the cities. (00:02:50 - 00:02:50)
  • Melody Wu Their grandmother sometimes comes to help them with planting but sometime she is not willing to do so. The siblings has to grow the own food. (00:02:59 - 00:02:59)
  • Tester 4 during non-school time, the older sister does some farmwork to support the family. (00:03:01 - 00:03:11)
  • Melody Wu They plant in the mountains (no flat surface to plant). (00:03:11 - 00:03:11)
  • Melody Wu The older sister cooks dinner for the family while the younger siblings play on the side. (00:03:17 - 00:03:17)
  • Jonathan Walter Lai family indoors -> to farmland and greenery (00:03:28 - 00:05:05)
  • Melody Wu The younger siblings play in their yard. They do many dangourous activities without adults' moniter. (00:03:33 - 00:03:51)
  • Tester 3 The older sister is crying. (00:04:03 - 00:04:03)
  • Tester 4 Sometimes, the younger sibling don't listen to the older sister. (00:04:04 - 00:04:04)
  • Melody Wu The older sister has to take care of the housework, farm work, and school work. Sometimes, when the teachers ask her something she doesn't know, she thinks of their parents. (00:04:24 - 00:04:24)
  • Jonathan Walter Lai hello world , the girls are walking (00:04:58 - 00:04:58)
  • Tester 3 The chIldren walk to school in the rain. (00:05:03 - 00:05:03)
  • Melody Wu The older sister thinks having the family live together is more important than making money. She doesn't her parents do not agree with her. (00:05:05 - 00:05:05)
  • Melody Wu Although education is free in China. many rural families fail to pay education related costs and thus, rural areas have higher school droput rates. (00:05:15 - 00:05:15)
  • Jonathan Walter Lai hi trains (00:05:36 - 00:05:36)
  • Melody Wu The parents could not bring the children to the city because they do not have the money to support them in the city. (00:06:03 - 00:06:03)
  • Tester 3 The parents are not educated and can only work in the factory. (00:06:10 - 00:06:10)
  • Tester 2 The parents can't speak Mandarin and have a hard time making money. (00:06:12 - 00:06:12)
  • Melody Wu The parents don't understand Mandarin Chinese. They speak their own dialets. (00:06:15 - 00:06:15)
  • Melody Wu They can make $15USD each day working in the factories. Sometimes they feel ashamed of their background. They are not educated. (00:06:34 - 00:06:34)
  • Tester 4 the parents contact their children via mobile phone. (00:06:53 - 00:06:53)
  • Tester 4 The parents' living condition is very bad in the city. (00:07:03 - 00:07:03)
  • Melody Wu They parents said as long as the children do not give up, they will find ways to pay for their education. (00:07:08 - 00:07:08)
  • Melody Wu The three siblings walk 5 hours to celebrate holidays at their parents' place. (00:07:33 - 00:07:42)
  • Tester 4 It takes 5 hours to walk to the grandparents. (00:07:38 - 00:07:38)
  • Melody Wu the traditional torch festival. (00:08:09 - 00:08:58)
  • Tester 1 The children are celebrating a local festival with dangerous activities. (00:08:17 - 00:08:17)
  • Tester 4 The children are happier when they visit their grandparents. (00:08:21 - 00:08:21)
  • Tester 4 The parents have to work in the city in order to make money. (00:09:32 - 00:09:32)
  • Melody Wu The parents worry about not having enough money to register their children for the next school term. (00:09:33 - 00:09:33)
  • Tester 4 The mother finally went home to take care of her children. (00:10:25 - 00:10:25)
  • Tester 1 The children are very excited that the mother is finally home. (00:10:27 - 00:10:27)
  • Melody Wu The three siblings met their mother. (00:10:31 - 00:10:31)
  • Tester 2 The younger brother is more cheerful and he is happy that mother is finally home. (00:11:16 - 00:11:16)
  • Melody Wu The younger brother does not know what to say to his father on the phone. (00:11:17 - 00:11:17)
  • Tester 3 Children are better off with their parents. (00:12:08 - 00:12:08)
  • Tester 4 Children without Parents are different from those with parents at home. (00:12:10 - 00:12:10)
  • Melody Wu The mother thinks children without parents at home are different from those living with their parents. (00:12:14 - 00:12:14)
  • Melody Wu In the mountain, the family can pick pepercorns and sell them in the local market to make money. (00:12:24 - 00:13:17)
  • Melody Wu children playing in the mountains. (00:13:28 - 00:13:28)
  • Melody Wu the parents don't want to leave their children and think that they live like orphans. (00:13:38 - 00:13:38)
  • Tester 4 If the parents don't have enough money, they have to return to the city and work. (00:13:43 - 00:13:43)
  • Melody Wu They have no choice but return to the city to work if they don't have enough income. (00:13:44 - 00:13:44)
  • Melody Wu The yonger sister love schooling, because she thinks her life will struggle without education. (00:13:48 - 00:13:48)

 

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