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Fussing over parents and spoiled kids

SOME media outlets are making a silly fuss about some parents who accompany their sons and daughters to university on enrollment day.

Some reports say this gesture of parental concern shows young people today are spoiled, too dependent on their parents and incapable of taking care of themselves.

It is true there are some outrageous cases of overprotective and ostentatious parenting.

Early this month, freshman Chen Shi took 19 suitcases of clothes and daily "necessities" with and was driven (by chauffeur) to a university in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

She traveled in style in a Lincoln Continental (another car transported more luggage) and was accompanied by two assistants to handle baggage and get her situated on campus (Changjiang Times, September 4).

But such case is not representative. China Central Television showed many students arriving at several universities in Beijing on enrollment day. The program aired last Saturday showed that many parents simply wanted to take a look at the campus.

It is unfair to label university students as dependent and spoiled just because they're accompanied by their parents on enrollment day.

Making a sweeping statement about a generation or a group of people undermines journalists' mission to be responsible seekers of truth.

Many Chinese media outlets wallow in meaningless discussions of the so-called "decay of the post-80s or post-90s generation."

The fact is, there are fallen souls in every generation.



 

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