The Young Generation Left Behind In China | Foreign Correspondent 

It depends how poor you are. Sometimes there is no other solution. But I applaud the decision your father made, as many times people would forsake a perfectly normal life for a bit more money, not knowing how much that affects their relatives.

Aaxion bradley I understand you so much,I moved to live with my parents a year ago and we can see our communication is not perfect

Bless you

Maybe thy didn't choose to have kids but then had them anyway and didn't want to spent the rest of their and their child's live in poverty

I don't think the suffering of those we perceive as even less fortunate invalidates the loss you experienced...

Aaxion bradley I totally understand . Similar situation except they are still not rich, and still in China

That would happen here if we took away abortions !

That poor girl has to feel unwanted by her mother and now grandmother. Please God help her.

@@melindasmith3713 No it wouldn't.

@@melindasmith3713 Do you know about China's forced abortion policies of a couple decades ago? Obviously not. There's a new documentary out about it: "One Child Nation." I've seen bits of it; utterly shocking. One consequence: girl babies left out on the street to be collected by government run adoption mills, who then sell these infants to western adoption agencies for $10,000 per, with the Chinese government taking a cut. Disgusting. Look into it if you don't believe this.

Yeah child didn't ask to come to this world

ok so why dont they use contraceptives then if they dont like kids? let them give birth to stones instead, stones and rock dont need any tending,

Juju Rellama sad person😔

Mental abuse...

Juju Rellama it not like all of the left children's parents wants to be parents or have a lot children. Except a few countries there is not much sex education,and even in the ones who have sex ed teen pregnancies and stds are really high. It’s hard to educate people about safe sex. Another topic is countries think a lot of children means more work force or soldier for future. So having birth control is harder in some countries. Im not from china but to give an example ,in my country, buying birth control methods are really expensive, an average pack of condom or birth control pill coasting around 1/40 of average sallary. And people doesnt know about them a lot either. Like i made my friends start to bcp ,they didnt know about them and they’re not uneducated people btw. They’re studying in good universities & their parents are also well educated,yet they didnt know about bcps. So i dont think the case in here is that they’re popping out babies even tho they know they cant afford to raise them...

strAy cArrots *QURAN CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM! PROPHET MOHAMMED TOLD THE JEWS & CHRISTIANS & HEDONISTS TO "not bury your girl baby" & Muslims LOVE their Girls!* I am a father of 3 beautiful, super smart MUSLIM girls!! (= now don't be jealous to my daughters).

Yes it's perfectly true...Some parent need to travel just to help us realise our dreams. So you need to study and work hard whiles they are in support. God bless all hardworking parents.

I can understand u, those who keep on try to blame & pinpoint bad things about this, clearly they just talk based on their comfort compare to u all

Guyue Hu - 你认为户口系统没有问题吗？

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Rob Base 适合中国,要是没有，全国人民都去北京。

there is nothing wrong with doing that. It is very healthy to be grateful for what we do have. I wish you the very best

Me too. I also realize that a lot of children suffer in the process of us buying cheaper stuff from China.

Me too....

I woner how new Croatians are living now that had moved and emigrated to China. Will we hear about them?

@@phoe8765 Crap.

Lmao! That's deep! However, I dig it considering nothing scares me more than the prospect of being homeless! Thus, I will study all day errday while chiefing big buds! AY!

Same. I could feel his fears and see how he was forced to become mature early in his childhood due to being left alone while his parents and grandparents were working. He had to find a reason, an excuse for their absence. I couldn't watch the video after a few minutes. I live in France and I also had a busy mom who left me to my own device while she went to work. Children that grow without their parents care and attention will not develop self confidence, no matter how much their reason their parents absence during their childhood.

Mine too ,he reminds me of my son.He didn't want to burden his parents. Also that one girl that was taking care of her grandmother and her cousins. She was forced to grow up so early.:(

Only in this way can they improve their living quality...

This is communism. Remember that.

Old bat granma

She was terrible to him. No wonders he wants to leave. The social workers should have resolved the issue with the the grandmother.

杜凌云 It's a pity. However, this is the only way for them to struggle for a better life. Some of the kids can go to universities like people in developped countries, though the ratio is low.

At least she had a birthday to celebrate! Two generations ago most of these kids would be dead before age of 5.. Their outworn parents wouldn't care, while living in a unheated mudhouse expecting to die with 40, after putting 2-6 other children at the graveyard forced them to care about their daily brutal living circumstances.

Cake or birthday cake?

@@guyuehu7037 to think that in capitalist democratic nations like Poland we have public schooling and public univeristy for kids who achieve good grades in their pre university exams. Its as if totalitarianism and communism is a cancer that hurts the poor working class the most. Who would have thought... ... oh right... EVERYONE except the chinese propaganda riddled chinese people. A nation of depraved fools.

@@86Corvus now now child, you eat your propaganda like a good boy...or the ccp will take your organs and give them to someone else

And ABC will never cover those news of course. Its all about pointing finger at poor countries trying to jack up americans pride. Shame on disney

@@dianabonier9011 And how is china a poor country? their economy is one of the best in the world.

@@supersidjapan2267 Have you lived in China? I did for 3 1/2 years and although the economy has improved since I left it is still behind most western countries. Their economy is not one of the best in the world. To live a good comfortable life is very expensive and beyond the means of many workers whose wages are relatively low. A tourist does not get to see what life is really like in any country you have to experience it by living within the economy. Don't make statements unless you can provide sources and documentation supporting your "facts". 'nuf sed.

@@dianabonier9011 What do you mean "cover those news"... what news? This is NOT an AMERICAN TV show! And what does Disney have to do with any of this. You need to educate yourself before you make a total fool of yourself talking this rubbish.

@@dianabonier9011 Why would the Australian ABC go to America to cover stories about social workers in the states? Why would Australians be even remotely interested in that??? And WTF has Disney got to do with Australia or China? You're crazy or stupid.

Those parents are burdening their kids and their parents especially the ones that never have contact again? You cant say you're doing this to give a better live to your child then

Yes who told him such manipulative rubbish

I don´t like to say it, but unfortunately it´s exploitative societies who give a damn about humans, their lives, their feelings and their struggles. They care only about cold cash. The only kind of intelligence they consider being worth something is " - The smart one cheats the not so smart one!" To them human life is no more than working hours spent on enriching them. Life in numbers. It´s too sad that the world has become like this in such a degree. One could ask the question, that if it´s allright to use the brain as a weapon to cheat others to gain all the advantages for oneself, is it then so strange that people rebel by using their fists as weapons. If the use of fists as weapons or anything else is violence and punishable by law then what shall we do with the use of the brain as a weapon? Isn´t that just a more subtle kind of violence against your fellow/brother human?

@HenryDavidT they are told to go...this insidious drip of 'work for money to buy things you made' shit....l wish l had a couple of acres to grow food on....l certainly wouldnt turn it to dust like industrialised nations do....human hands on soil never killed it...greed and machinery and poison sprays do that......you missed my entire point...how can a free person living in a nice natural in tune with life way NEED to give all that up for some shitty job in a shitty city full of sad shitty people? WHY? Who in their right mind think thats progress? RUN. RUN FOR THEM HILLS.

The world is shrouded in darkness. Truly sad

@@amandadonegan2137 if that u called shitty, u should learn from where that has begun, the west, the west give the example earlier then other country just try to follow it to catch up with them, is not like they really have a choice, yes literally, but not entirely, between handle the land which give nothing & shitty pay job, they prefer payment, u don't understand what u clearly said u understand, no one understand things but keep on attacking on things that should be understood, if u really understand, u would said any kind of better offer instead trying to make it look like it was their fault or any negative comments, if u wanna attack, why not u attack the corporation that give them such a lousy payment, or u could propose an idea for the government to develop the area into more productive land, why keep blame them like they should know this & that, u saying that based on Ur knowledge that u already had about it, but if u were really became them, u just exactly have the skills & the very limited knowledge like them, when people keep on saying "if I were them, if I were u" but then continue with all the capability, possession that u had (all that knowledge, skills, even Ur thought), that not becaming like them, but u just switch body's, if u said "if I were u" than it means all of the things that they go through & have was all there is for u, u not even have the thought of Ur own, bcoz u are them, not switching body with them, that one of the most misslead concept that people keep on use it. For me, I blame them who didn't give a fair payment so they don't have a shitty job, & the government to provide a better farming, delegate professional who can teach them how to reorganize the land & the methods, provide them irrigation system, better seeds, tear down all of their original house & build them a mass better housing (standard need, standard comfort) but still allowing to keep the original culture, build road to connect the areas to another place or any other city that could used their product, make a connection between undeveloped to the city that already rising up, so people don't need to pay for new settlement & all if the accomodation in new place, but instead just go back & forth from where their house at

You are obviously too spoiled realising what you are talking about. Your dream of independent happy life has never happened. You might as well dream about unicorns & believe we all had one of these creatures. Just 3-4 generations ago you would have been toothless at 12-14 & doing full time work from the age of 7. Die completely outworn with ~40. Today your type of clueless gossiping females will be ~100 years old & most likely die with every part of your spoiled body intact, in a warm place with modern comfort! You have zero clue about the true demands of former living standards. Try read some history books. You never had such potential for a long good life in good health as today. Find your piece of land & do what you dream about. No one hinders you spoiled clueless Feminist living your dream. Notice we strong & determined men did such since dawn of light... Have fun, you ignorant goose 🐤💪💪

What is your point? You are Chinese? In this situation?

What

Why don't younger people want to have kids?

@@louvonianashay5164 if I can't afford and I don't have time to pass time and educate my child then what's is the point to have one?

The joke’s on the woman who believes she can “delay” having a family. The end will be you don’t have one. So much propaganda in the world...Especially for the one posting this comment, or me. Fertility medicine isn’t producing results for minorities dear... so I hope you truly “don’t want to have kids” because most likely if you sit out your prime- you won’t

Indeed

i had the good life , now i have nothing just me ,my dog and living in my car , im having a breakdown these past few days

@@Pinkielover why?

Pinkie Love ?

@@Pinkielover reach out for help

Do you know who he is and how I can get in contact with him?

He's a modern day hero!

These people are great, they aren't only thinking about present but also about the future of these children, they're doing their best so that these children deprived of love don't turn into criminals or do something bad with their lives

Yes thankyou

please help her out if you can

They are not orphans

Barbara J *DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE. STOP BUYING CHINESE THEN. Do something SUSTAINABLE and not be an opportunist*

Pho E seek help. The psychiatric kind.

stay in country cleaner never mind poorer . sad children always the losers . once year only see ur child . horrible .

Reree 2015 I hope that you have done that what you said you’d do!

I hope you find help for your younger self. Healing is possible

No country can become anything under a totalitarian regime. THey should go and slit the throats of the entire communist party cabinet. EVERY SINGLE ONE!

@@86Corvus The kids will go to university eventually and have higher salary than you. So you have to work harder to judge them and their lives. By the way, there are so many award certificates on the walls. Only the outstanding students can get a certificate.

@Immortici Italiano [Mussolini did nothing wrong] Survive first, happiness later, that's Chinese traditional philosophy. You are not in that place, you just don't experience the desire for material satisfaction. I was one of those children. Only at the national festival(like Chinese New Year, Moon Cake mid-autumn), we had the chance to eat meat. My parents had to borrow money and pay my high school tuition and I took a loan to pay to the college tuition fees. China is still a developing country, most people live in the countryside bearly meet their ends 10 years ago. Our parents don't work in the cities for themselves, but for the survival of the whole family. It's a necessary trade-off of the earlier headship for a better future. My parents had to work in cities to support my brother and myself 20 years ago. Now, my parents return to live in the village. And it's our turn to work in the city and support them. We (My brother and myself) send 10,000USD, which is the amount of triple local annual income, to them each year now, so they can live a leisure life now. China is still 20-30 years behind the west developed countries. To make emotional health a major concern other than material satisfaction, it is still a long way for ordinary Chinese to go.

What kind of psychological issues do they have?

Bless you

Rural communities know that if you harvest the crop and put no goodness back into the soil, the land becomes a desert ! I have stayed inChina about six weeks, and my son works there as a nursery school teacher now for three years. He now speaks good mandarin. I met young women from rural communities in hostels in Beijing and elsewhere. I am just beginning to grasp the consequences in rural communities thanks to these documentary films, which even if defective, at least open a window where fresh air and light may enter ! My parents both left school in their early teens with no qualifications. I was the first to stay on and eventually become educated from a very large working class family ! So I know a little from comparable transformations? The gain and the pain ! You have a critical mind and sound values and courage, that qualifies you beyond mere paper awards ! I am an experienced psychotherapist as well as a teacher. To be frank, I am horrified at the suffering of the left behind young in the rural areas of China ! As a mother too, it pains me. Your insights and critical comments are very relevant and needful ! Believe me there is maybe as much confusion, inter generational tensions and anxiety in so called developed countries ! Though it’s sources may be miles apart in the specifics of history ! There is not just hope but impressive human resources, of which you are one ! When anger and compassion link hands and speak truths that need to be heard, there is not mere hope, but resources that can bring about needful and humane change for the better ! In heartfelt appreciation, I thank you !

Different cultures

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I thought those loving communists like Xi are so wonderful.., what happened?

Clare Emer * it seems they need to work for money.

luciferbo65 Pray for the orphans to be comforted and to know God's love and grace. In Jesus' name.

mankind is so weak, look at what life animals have . They re not safe at all, they have to watch out for their lives every second of the day. They are exposed to the forces of nature, the murderous humans. I m sorry, I dont feel anything for humans,

@@lunafringe10 that's concerning animals are the same as humans as in some live a very good life and many don't

@yo dasxi medium.com/poem-of-the-day/warsan-shire-home-46630fcc90ab

yo dasxi The day that will happen will be the first day of World War Three.

No, not many. Few. China is a disgrace to the world.

Lee young young I agree with u! Grass is not greener on the other side. Ask people who have a lot of money and materialistic things, what else they want in life. And everything they want, money can’t buy. Money and materialistic stuff is such a great thing to want, but it’s never enough and will never be enough. If one chases those things, they will chase til the day they die. Once a person has experienced a full materialistic life, only then they will see and realize that they should have spent their time with family, travel, and living a simple life. You will never have time again with your children growing up. It passes by in a flash, so does life.

Thinking of these children that were separated from their parents after neighbourhoods in Beijing were demolished, migrant workers coming from far away villages thrown outside of from their home, children who went to illegal school for migrant workers who were separated from their parents after the schools scattered across the city were demolished so that the capital could become cleaner and more attractive. Forcing these children to return to the countryside to their grandparents so they could go to school again. China is truly becoming a competitive economy, an extreme capitalist society where the lower class must produce wealth so the wealthy clans can keep their appearance.

Then go. Just do it!

God help them..no child should ever feel they are a burden to their parents..Yes i am stunned that they dont allow the parents to go with them, so they are left alone, children raising children..its happening all over the world 🌎 i am truly saddened..and tears flowed, because i could not imagine not having at least 1 of your parents..then the grandparents are just stressed..not a good situation all around..My God🙏

@@barbiedoll116ify this shdnt be happening

Best way to help these children is to stop funding the tragedy, determine to not by Made in China crap!

Will you stop at emotional response? or will you do something about it? Every time we buy "Made in China" we are funding this tragedy!!

You are a good grandmother. Bless your soul.

Robin Duong Music i just started watching Asian films to keep me motivated to study. Watching these humbling films remind me how well I have things. So even when I feel tired or overwhelmed that these people have it worse.

You are an amazing mother and have a lovely mind. So sorry you have an incurable condition bc you seem like one lady who deffo doesn't deserve that. You should have had a happier childhood but one thing, I bet your kids appreciate what a awesome mom they have and have no doubt how much you love them....they must love you to bits xP

In Eastern cultures, the basic unit of society is the family, not the individual. People in these cultures are inculcated to have a family. It is an anomaly for one to decide to not have a family. Only your children can take care of you in your old age. Without family, you are no one.

Same, it's hard. It awakens a lot of emotions inside of us.

will you determine to no longer fund this tragedy? We are all funding it every time we buy something Made in China!!

flor Cornel Sure, you could try to use as little as possible. Yet, trying to rid your life of all products made in China is near impossible. Your phone, washing machine, stove, electrical cords, semi conductors, polyester fabric and so on. Much of today’s finished products use products made in China in parts or make use of products made in China. For those outside China, the most we can really do is reduce buying new things.

Does it break enough to do something about it? The west is funding this by buying crap made in China. STOP buying anything "Made in China"

I agree China has some of the most beautiful areas but the problem for these families is that they need money and there are no jobs in the rural areas

Beautiful scenery could not bring money to the local people, that's the problem. Parents need to work and have no time to take care of them, so this kids have to be in those rural place to accept low quality education.

Santa Cruz Dilg It’s the same here in America with poor families, except the parents are unfit. Drugs, alcohol, immaturity, etc are the problem.

I dont see that happening anytime soon. China doesnt really care about those people. Especially not if they are minority.

It happens in America everyday , when both parents work ! How is our youth looking these days ?

Don't wait to be rich and start that. Do it know. Visit those homes from the little you have in your pocket. Talk to those kids. Some just need an adult to hold them and talk to.

@@kchege859 If are rich you can help a lot a people if you are poor only few people you'll be able to help. It's better to be a politician and change some policies in your country

Make a start by dertermining that you will no longer fund this tragedy. STOP BUYING CHINESE CRAP!

First thing you can do is to stop funding this tragedy! Stop buying anything Made in China!!

are you moved enough to stop buying "Made in China" crap which funds this tragedy?