According to an article that was republished by MSN.com, a mother in China had posted on her online about her fears for her son.
Worries son will grow up ‘useless’
She fears that her son, who is 10 years old, will become ‘useless’ in life as his grandparents doted on him and spoiled him too much.
According to the article, her worries were seen as valid concerns with other PRC parents.
Son became a spoilt brat after staying the winter holidays with his grandparents
The PRC woman was shocked at how spoilt her son had became after coming back from spending the winter holidays with his grandparents (her in-laws).
He became much more demanding and according to the woman, her in-laws served him like a ‘king’, giving in to his every whim and that made him come home and not want to do anything for himself.
This included the basics like dressing up himself and even eating himself.
In a video which was seen on the website, the boy was spotted lying motionlessly on the floor while his grandparents tried to put on his pants and jacket for him.
The PRC woman also said that her son spent most of his winter holidays there on his tablet and watching TV, with none of his holiday homework completed.
She also said that her son did not want to speak much, as her in-laws spoilt him by trying to decipher his demands via his facial expressions and the movements from his eye.
Many netizens felt the same way about their children with their grandparents
In her online post, the PRC woman asked netizens if it was right to hand their children to the care of their grandparents while they continued to work.
A netizen replied her by saying that when she asked her son who is eight to do the dishes, she got scolded by her mother in law.
Another netizen said that her child also went to find his paternal grandparents for the winter holidays and she found out that he was on his smartphone daily.
Spoiling children not uncommon in China
According to the post, these cases are not uncommon in China.
Just last October, there was a case of a PRC couple allowing their daughter who was five drive their vehicle on the road at night.
A PRC man also spent almost 2 Million RMB on his son’s Ultraman trading card hobby.