Left-behind children learn to be strong

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-10-2009 09:57

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China's many left-behind children are a cause for mounting concern. While parents work in distant cities, their children are left to grow up without parental guidance. But loneliness is teaching some of these youngsters the importance of independence and maturity.

China's many left-behind children are a cause for mounting  concern. While parents work in distant cities, their  children are left to grow up without parental guidance.

Jiang Nanyan is a primary school teacher in a county of Chongqing municipality.

Half of her students are left-behind children.