1. What are the stories of the couple and the left-behind children? The couple are Beijing girl Li Yang and her Dutch husband. 10 years ago, they set up a non-profit organization called Banshugen in an urgent cottage in Yunnan. In the past ten years, they have integrated painting, photography and English into their education, bringing knowledge and hope to these cottage children. Children can do many things in this big family they created. For example, hand-made games and painting, husband and wife also taught their children how to protect their rights and how to avoid being hurt. They also let their children know that there are many occupations in the world, and each of them can be a useful person.
Second, what is the current situation of left-behind children in China? With the continuous development of China's economic and rural reform, many rural surplus laborers now go to cities to find jobs, and their children have formed a special group in rural areas, which is left-behind children. Because their parents are away all the year round, education and care for their children are very lacking. According to some experts' calculations and conservative estimates, there are at least 43.9 million left-behind children under the age of 0/4 in China. The major provinces for left-behind children are Sichuan and Jiangxi, where the proportion of left-behind children has reached 18%-22%. The problem of left-behind children has become a heavy social problem.
Third, how to solve the problem of left-behind children? The root cause of left-behind children is China's household registration system and outdated status hierarchy. The household registration system restricts farmers' identity, employment, education and living standards. Although they worked in rural cities, they did not become the owners of the cities. They can't take their children to the city because they can't enjoy the treatment that urban residents deserve. Children can only stay at home, and urban residents are biased against migrant workers from rural areas, thinking that they have brought bad influence on the urban environment. The problem of left-behind children needs to be solved from four aspects: government, school, family and society. The government needs to break the urban and rural household registration system and formulate corresponding preferential policies to help eligible migrant workers integrate into the city and solve their children's problems in school and life. Schools should take care of left-behind children in many ways. Parents should always communicate with their children and their teachers to solve their children's problems in time. If we are all capable, we can pay more attention to the left-behind children and contribute to their healthy growth.