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聚焦两会：留守儿童 谁来管？ Young are victims of divided families [ 2007-03-14 15:50 ] Twelve-year-old Luo Xiaofeng refused tohave dinner with his parents on the 15th day of the first lunar month, thelast day of the Chinese lunar new year. Instead, he sat on the doorstep sobbing. "They are leaving for Xiamentomorrow, and I don't want to let them go," he cried.It was the first Spring Festival in three years in which his parentshad managed to come back to their hometown in the eastern part of Ningde,Fujian Province, to spend the holiday with him.Luo is not alone. Government statistics show that more than 20 millionchildren in rural areas whose parents have left home to search for work inthe city.The problem has reached a national scale as more and more migrantworkers from across China answer the call of employers in the country'sbooming cities.The splitting up of families poses a challenge to traditional householdstructures and approaches to child-rearing, said Xie Guangxiang, deputysecretary-general of Anhui Provincial Government.In a proposal to the ongoing National Committee of the CPPCC, Xie urgedthe whole country to think seriously about the situation.Among the potential problems stay-at-homechildren face are the absence of any sort of familyeducation, degraded school records and other psychological problems.A survey of people in Jingmen, Hubei Province, showed that stay-at-homelocal children suffer from poor living conditions, lagging educationalattainment, insecurity and difficultly in communication.The survey, conducted by the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) in Maylast year, involved 181 children, 95 boys and 86 girls. The results werepublished last week on the federation's website.Some 87.9 percent of the children surveyed said they were willing tostay with their parents. About 90 percent said they felt insecure whenthey were left alone.The five most pressing concerns for such children are tutoring,psychological help, security, financial support and communications.To deal with the issue, a dozen government-related bodies, includingthe Office of the Rural Workers United Conference under the State Counciland ACWF, set up a working panel in October last year.The panel is to cooperate with other government bodies, including theEducation, Public Security and Finance ministries, to gradually put inplace laws and regulations to safeguard the rights of stay-at-homechildren.双语资讯 | 
