Meet China’s ‘Full Time Children’: Why Unemployed Youths Are Working For Their Parents
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- Amid China’s record youth unemployment levels, some young people are moving back home to work as paid ‘full-time children’. As their parents’ live-in personal assistants, they do simple chores and spend time with them in exchange for free rent or even a salary. Some document their daily routine as part of a viral online trend on Chinese social media.
But, not every family is fully onboard with this alternative ‘career’ decision. Some ‘full-time children’ report tensions at home and anxieties about their formal jobless status.
00:00 Meet China’s full-time children
01:40 How they became full-time children
02:31 Why parents are willing to pay their stay-at-home kids
04:18 Are full-time children living off their parents?
05:37 Perceptions of full-time chidren
07:34 Long-term impact of youths staying out of formal work
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They're really blessed that they do not have to support their parents in terms of the financial part. It's a good thing that they can spend time together without financial consideration.
we live in an era where parents have to support their child financially because things has gotten way unaffordable
so if people ask why aren't you bringing a child to this world today, this is a very clear answer
I like how the professor explanation for the whole thing is basically "kids nowdays grow spoiled and can't endure life".
You truly needed a PHD for that!
No helping your parents or grandparents at home its paid in France too
You should've paid someone else to take care of them
Most children genuinely care for their parents. Rather than hiring a helper why not hire your child? Bc honestly taking care of the elderly is no easy.
Ya, you buy the pork, they not happy with the pork. Buy the vegetable, they say you go at 10.30am the nice one already chosen by other people. Say buy wanton skin from this stall, they complain the alkaline water too much, need go the other stall.
@@MrBoliao98 i read this in a thick chinese accent thank you
Children should do it for free
hahahahah same @@nickb220
Real love don't need money lah. Why babies didn't pay parents for changing their diaper? That's not how family works
I think this is a way better alternative than being a shut in who don't work, don't study, don't contribute to their family. There are so many people who just stay in their rooms for years, don't socialise with anyone, and just play video games. Everyone knows how hard it is in mainland China to find a job, so at least these people are moving around, taking care of someone, going out to shop for groceries, interacting with people. In the future, it would be much easier for them to go back to the workforce than shut-ins. And for the parents, it's a benefit for them to spend time with their children more, and the money they gave their kids would have been given to a caretaker or cleaner anyways, it's probably cheaper for them now (and without tax!).
Elderly loneliness is also a major problem and Asian adult children have been guilt-tripped for generations about being too busy at work to spend time with their parents, but really, how are you supposed to live independently, work enough to earn enough to live independently, while still having time to spend quality time with your parents? Also you have to do it while they are not too old to do stuff, so that means you are supposed to achieve that while you are new in the work force!
I also think this is a much more acceptable concept for Asian people who live with their parents even after they start earning money. There isn't the same level of shame and guilt associated with "living in your parent's place" after 18 as it is in the west. Many working Asian adults already live at home and have their parents take care of the chores (cooking, cleaning, sometimes even taking care of the grandchildren), while the adult children of course pay their parents a percentage of their salary every month. This is just the reverse of that. Of course in this case since neither the parents or children are working, it means they have to be already somewhat wealthy and privileged to do it, but it's not like they shouldn't do it because others can't do it.
I just think that housemakers who do the same thing as these full time children do, and take care of their children, should also be paid a salary from their working partner, even a small one.
Living with parents is one thing. When one turns it into business asking "salary" from them it's completely different thing
Don't you see any difference between paying and giving money to your family members?
I don't think the two are the same thing, but I also don't see it as a business, more like an allowance. I just see household labour as labour that should be paid. Taking care of the house and elderlies full-time is still hard work and very time-consuming, and just like what they said in the video, if they hired people from outside to do the work (caretaker, cleaner, maid etc.), it would cost way more money. Their "salary" is quite low, and of course, it's reasonable if you consider the fact that they don't pay for rent or food. Which is also why, again, I think homemakers like housewives should be compensated for their work just like these full time children are. Adult children who work but live at home of course have to contribute financially, but on the other hand, they don't have to put in as much work around the house.
I see them as rich parents who can already afford hiring someone to take care of them so they don't have to work themselves, and why pay a stranger to take care of you when you can have your child move back and do the same with less money? It's a win-win for both parties. It is obviously a huge privilege that are not afforded to children or parents who are not rich enough to hire help.
And again, given how bad the shut-in problem is in Asia (where adults completely loses the ability to function), I see this as a harm-reduction arrangement where at least they are still contributing and working for the money, they are still going out, socialising, taking care of someone. It will be much easier for them to return to the workforce compared to if they move home, do nothing other than putting in work application after work application, eventually give up, and lose the confidence or motivation to go back out. At least they are kept busy and will have a better relationship with their family this way.
@@WeiYinChan but the child is getting inheritance from them becuse he is part of the family. From a purely economic viewpoint a family is a cooperative where everyone is helping eachother. In this case o don't see parents just giving money cause they have plenty, they are portraying this as an actual job, that should be payed on monthly basis
@@Restrocket again I think homemakers should be paid even if it’s a smaller amount than normal salary
I mean....if your parent is so rich until you can dependent on them, I don't see why it is wrong. I bet 99% of the monarch and ultra rich family has this option. Just not everyone has this opportunity. Hate the game, don't hate the player.
Side note: Lesser workforce = lesser worker supply = better bargaining power for the employee. So...rich kids, please stay home.
not necessarily. look at japan with it's aging population, that's definitely not the case. a worker increases supply but also creates demand in the economy lol
@@vincentwei9869 Japan's low demand is less so about aging population, but more so with their economy stagnation for the past 30 years. Entire generations grew up with the mindset to consume as little as possible. Even those with jobs consume very little.
At this point, "Full-time children" is a rubbish term. Most rich parents will just bought their children properties so they can then create their capital gains/passive incomes. I don't think that's the case they mentioned in the video, they're likely from a middle class ish background, which parents aren't super rich but got more than enough resources to hire their kids.
I think it’s good younger generations have higher expectations of employers. Workers have been exploited too long.
Precisely. It's so saddening to see that the workers of the seemingly socialist state are being exploited this much.
Its an employer market now after covid pandemic . Employers are taking advantage of the best employee, lowest salary, longest work hour
@@endeliggnist5066China is not socialist. It’s economy is actually state capitalism…so their workers get exploited just the same
The problem lies with the time when their child has out of touch in workforce 5-10-15 years later. They will struggle after their parents pass on.
Because the parents “provided them the fish” but not “guiding them how to fish”.
Concurred
Japan experienced something very similar in the 1990s due to the collapse of the bubble economy. However, they used the even less flattering term "Parasite Single" to describe them.
😂
The collapse in economic book !
@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_ go away bot 🙄 no one is falling for this rage bait
Isn’t it hikikomori? But they do nothing.The Chinese concept of “children” is different to begin with. To me, children means freedom without consequences, so do nothing and ask your parents to do everything. Thats my view growing up in Japan, and Chinese refers it as working for their parents?? That’s like a slave if you are not getting paid, but it looks like they are getting paid. I was born in the 90s in Japan. Never seen economic growth, but I was always told that I cannot live their home after university including my siblings. As much as I like them most of the time, I don’t think I want to be with them that much.
@@theonh9365 They are kind of different. Hikikomori refers to people who stay in their rooms 99%-100% of the time. They don't go out at all, and even if they work, which many do not, its all done online. They rely on family members to bring them food and anything else.
Parasite singles are regular functioning adults who have normal jobs and go out and enjoy life. However, they stay with their parents, so they don't have to pay rent or utilities, and get some benefits from their parents. This means they have more money to spend on themselves.
So, they are a little bit different, but share some common characteristics.
in singapore, i also do the same but they call me useless bums..
in UK we give them state benefits and can also get a flat:P
@@havencat9337 wow UK is so good..
@@havencat9337I was watching documentary on UK. It said that before people would even make babies to get housing from government but right now there is so many people in need that even single mothers with children are not secured
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Love it!!! Family is what matters. Taking care of each other.✌🏼❤️
Sometimes a parent will let a child back in so to allow the child time to find a new direction. When it goes wrong, is the child doesn't. It's nice to spend time and help elderly parents, but I think any parents would prefer the child to find their own life, make their own family. My parents helped me in this way, and was able to move ahead. Parents are glad to see you, but I think it also worries them.
In a way, being single or married without children prevents next generation from suffering. Don't see the point passing on the generations seeing what the current going through.
Children best part of life, they make life much happier.
@@rohj4825 It's a child not a toy your happiness shouldn't be the only factor to consider
How does this fundamentally differ from individuals like Prince Charles or Paris Hilton? Essentially, it's akin to continuing the age-old tradition of working within one's family business. These are well-off parents who have the option to pass down their wealth in this manner, rather than merely bequeathing a lump sum in their wills, which they might not live to see their children benefit from. In Western society, there's a prevailing sentiment that baby boomer parents should blow their savings on leisurely cruises and vacations, push their children out of the family home, leave them with nothing and make them fend for their own futures, even if it means potential homelessness. But consider this: Did figures like Rockefeller or JP Morgan treat their offspring in such a manner? Unsupportive parents are either (1) poor and just don't have the means to support their kids, or (2) stupid and brainwashed by soulless MNC's to keep buying frivolous goods and services, like drug addicts that can't even stop to save their own life. They irony here is that the major shareholders of the MNC's take their money so they themselves can "hire full time children", like Paris Hilton.
Remaining at home with one's parents implies that those parents are financially well-off enough to support this arrangement. Contrast this with migrant workers who often lack the luxury of pursuing such an option. They toil diligently to provide for their parents and families in their home countries. It's essential to question how and why this narrative of "staying home with parents is bad" has been ingrained in our society. In fact, this movement is actually proof of the strength of China's (and neighboring countries) economy, so many families are wealthy enough that their kids don't even need to work to enjoy a comfortable life.
TLDR: People work if they need money. If they don't need money, they don't need a job.
Right to the point! People can do whatever they are pleased
why would a child want to draw from their future inheritance from their parents rather than working to enhance their finances for the future? At such a young age you start taking money from your parents is like retiring too early. A chinese don't think that way, they would rather work hard and earn as much no matter how rich
This only applies if your family is already well off or your parents has business or executive jobs.
In the States, these adult children are referred to as boomerang kids - they leave the home for university, but come back home when they cannot find a job.
For a time, it can make sense. I graduated college early, and my mom helped find me a local job for that time. It wasn’t that demanding.
So I took time to focus on my health (went to the gym six days a week), cooked on weekends, was responsible for cleaning my own space and clothes, helped as asked, and cared for the dog. That way, they could make trips without worrying about paying for a sitter or having someone to watch the house.
🙄 that's not the same has working as housekeeper fulltime
You were a regular kid helping
I became a full-time child because of the pandemic and losing my job. I still do side gigs here and there but this is my current FT. Honestly, my "bosses" are awesome. They feed/house me and I get unlimited PTOs. When I am feeling down they are 1000000% there to shower me with encouragement and support. But I'm also very sure I will be "fired immediately" once I get a FT offer somewhere else. 😂 The cherry on top, is how less worrying it is for me because I am right there if anything happens to either of them.
It’s ok temporarily while looking for a job. In the long run, it’s a no-no.
They can only do this if their parents have a large amount of money. In essence, they are babies still being cared for by parents. ALSO, the family must be healthy for this to be achieved. Otherwise, the child and parents will fight all day
It's called hiring internally. Chinese are known for being savors, plenty of my friends all have multiple homes from their parents post marriages. In a sense, this is just parents wanting to spend time with kids cuz most if not all parents love their kids and want them to do well and be happy. From the kids' perspective, they're actually not making any salary, they are borrowing from their future. As said previously, Chinese are known for being savors and most of youth today are from the 1-child policy era, the money they're making from their parents now are their own inheritance.
Let's be honest this is not just in china. The standards are just too high even in entry level job. some employers are looking for experiences in an entry level position. if your luck to get the entry level position, the work load is for a senior position and the pay is entry level (sad life). it's quite funny that i have finish an online training specifically for my current position managing require and to be honest I'm already doing this stuff during my junior years. It's quite sad that my current salary should have been my salary during my junior days.
So u mean you will expect your parents to pay you a salery thus you can quit your job?
It is a problem in job seeking all around the world but only China children expect parents to pay them a salary. If you know about Chinese culture and tradition then it should be the child responsibility to support their old patent when they get old. If parents offer the living house n food why can a child still expecting a salary? Leecher mindset is horrible
@@celestialstar124 try to read again and understand. what i meant here is that in some companies the work culture is broken. they are hiring junior position role but the workload is for senior level. ending some people will try to endure & survive, others will try to find different path and some will just lose hope. so I'm just saying one of the rout cause. and sharing my observation & experience LOL hahahha... =)))
@@zackchan2666 the topic of this video is about parents give salary to children as their job. So when you open your comments as "let's be honest and this doesn't only happen in China" that sound like you agree with the idea of patents paying their children a salary.
So are you agreeing or not agreeing with the parents pay salary to children? I really hope u dont agree with the paying salary to children idea.
Like I said i do understand this is a problem in job seeking in many countries
@@celestialstar124 of course not hahaha =))) . I'm not agreeing, just sharing my observation and experience. hahahaha =)))
@@zackchan2666 i hope your job seeking experience can improve. Or better your workplace improves and make life less stressful for everyone. ❤️
I think it’s awesome for the families to have more time together, without anyone being stressed about work or school and also enjoying the relationship as adults! I think if everyone is happy it’s a lovely thing before you start a family of your own or your parents have health concerns. It seems to me like taking an active extended holiday! But I don’t have parents so that may be the positive Polly grass greener in me!
They are so pathetic and miserable especially the girl she’s just leeching off her parents.
I have a friend who is also in a similar situation but honestly, I think it depends on each person. Some are simply unmotivated to find work and as the video said, wanting a high salary with low effort. If the family can support and be willing too, then good for them. But if the family doesn't, or the child has any wishes that need a monetary aspect, they should still eat some bitter candy and fight. After all, once the parents pass away, how can the child survive by themselves?
The whole thing though in China, is that they have to work 72 hours a week just to get by financially on their own. The standards are crazy in china.
And when the parents pass away..
What then?
😂😂😂 Young adults nowadays.
Some is like this in Singapore when there are ALOT of jobs widely avail for those didn't have education to high educated people.
My brother stop working in his 20s
He does not clean/cook/laundry even his hygiene is being compromised.
All he do is sleep/eat/play games
In his 44th .our parents pass away and he is having problems to find food cos no wealth is available other than a rundown house .
Let's just say it's better to have hardship in Ur younger days than going through it in your older days.
As for me.
I can relax now after years of hardship on my own two feet.
Always won't know what the future holds
And isn't a child should do the laundry and such..?? It's apart of the chores
Live on their Inheritance or if they are smart enough they can eat other people like most rich politicians and businessmen are doing everyday
so how is your brother now? are you guys fighting over inheritance?
😅 same in philippines. I lived with my parents, help them doing household chores, but no salary or conpensation, i just live with them free food and house, in return i do cleaning and cooking. And bunos i see them and hug them everyday. I love them❤
Same here , From India. I have been doing this since 12th grade.
@@randomeditzz1111and how old are you to know how long have you been doing this?
@@banibee9837 since 2018 still jobless. After one week I'm going to join a proffessional course so i can't help them like i did before.
Yours is the most basic a child can do for their parents. Live with them and take care of them. If it requires parents to pay child a salary then can that parents sack the child n disown them? Only one Child policy can lead to this kind of thing as a positive mindset.
Corporate greed globally is at an all time high and blaming people for adapting and wanting to live their lives is insane. I hate that so many people’s priorities are focused on you working to make someone else rich instead of what will make you happy during our super short time on the planet.
My mom has a business here in the Philippines and i quit and now im workinbfg from home, its just hard to grow when your still working for them and you can still hear harsh word even if you work hard compared to working for someone else professionally
Can relate, it's better to support yourself alone if you could have a option.
If this is only a transitional state between jobs, I think it is totally fine; but full time child should not be a long term solution
I think the only downside to this is it will be hard for the kids to go back to highly competitive workforce again if this is done for a couple of years.
People will work hard while being paid. It is not ideal for this case, but it is true for many families. This is better than chewing because it has a better motivation.
You should take care of your parents without a salary, but due to the economic situation, this is understandable.
When did housewife "salary" in China become twice larger than average wage here in Russia??
no matter how you sugarcoat the term, how does it look on your resume is an issue
Exactly to come out of this well they will need to either be extremely charismatic or a good liar
My parents charged me rent back in 1966 ~ 1968 when I moved out on my own working at an Auto Body Shop for my Stepdad. Got minimum wage but was allowed to live rent free. Two years later he got tired of me being around. I met a girl and we hooked up. We moved from Connecticut to Los Angeles, California. At 76 I live in the back of a used 94 GMC moving van.
Retirement money vanished in my daze of not being able to earn enough money to invest. They say to never borrow money for investment but where do you get the money to invest when your cost of living is more than you can pay without going hungry.
In Europe and North America, the minimum wages are good enough to support yourself or even your child, when compared to Asian countries like China. If you don't drink, don't smoke, don't take drugs, don’t gamble, I can't believe a person with minimum wage cannot support himself and save up the money for investment.
@@user-ku8ul4hn7s You are most certainly NOT American then.
In the US, I can assure you that the minimum wage is NOT a living wage.
Minimum-wage workers do often have to work 2-3 jobs just to live PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. Having one minimum-wage job ain't gonna cut it. It did in the '50s, but this is NOT the 50s. Welcome to the 2020s.
And you say such a person can support himself/herself? You gotta be kidding me!
@@kiwifruitkl Yes, in Europe but not US. I heard that the wages in US are higher but obviously it is not the same case for min. wages and I was not caring about min. wages well enough. However, $7.xx is still a lot higher than those of Asian countries, isn't it?
@@user-ku8ul4hn7s No it is not. You need to look at what that $7 buys in each country you are speaking of. in US $7 these days is nothing whereas in many other countries around the world including Asia it is in fact a lot of money when converted to the local currency. You are not comparing apples to apples.
stay with parents, take care of them until their last breath. I think its good
My family owns a store, and I help out to take care of it. It's been that for a few years and going forward
Well, when you have only one kid, what else do you want the parents to do? They have been spoiling their kid for so long, it probably doesn’t make a difference. I know of many of my friends in China who are working but they are still subsidized by their parents.
People don't understand that hiring someone to come clean your house, wash dishes, do laundry, take care of a pet, water plants, and go grocery shopping just once a week is already $600+ USD per service. And thats just once a week! Yes, parents can do it themselves but since they have someone else taking care of all these chores parents have more time to rest, enjoy their day, and go out. These kids helping their parents out Every Day is the equivalent of thousands of dollars a month in service. Be glad to get the help and stop acting like it doest make sense. Rich people get these kind of services all the time and nobody complains. A child is offering these services for 1/3 the cost and people confused.
a child becoming a family servant is nothing to be proud of. i rather have a reasonably successful child who can make on his own and also spend some time with family. just wait until you grow very old and someone has to change your diapers, and you child charge you $100 each time... happy time?
@popcorn6931 You must not be aware that there are many children who are paid hundreds of dollar to care for their own elderly parents and change their diapers. It happens. Also, the service you call being a "servant" is a work million people who do every day and some do get paid very well for it. Stop looking down on people who do this type of work and acting like they are of lowered value or low status. Good grief. 🙄
@@NMLyfe99 unless i am very rich i don't want my own kids to work for me. I'm sure you can relate with that. just be honest and say your kid can't find a decent job and the parents have to come to the rescue... don't try to spin it and make a nice story out of it. also children can become calculative and start charging you for this and that.... and soon your relationship will only become transactional... don't think that cannot happen to you
@popcorn6931 You are out of touch with reality. It's not uncommon for children to work for their parents. I know people who worked for their parents after college doing farm labor work. Parents were not rich either. They were struggling farmers. But they still paid their child for the work. And it had nothing to do with the person not being able to find a job of their own. It's no ones business on how parent/child work things out for themselves.
@@NMLyfe99 my reality is children want to escape from farm work and hard life... a child who is willing to sacrifice a career to take care of their parents only happen in 3rd world country
As an Indian how do i tell my dad i wanna be full time children? Upload tutorial!
Make some curry and ask politely during supper
During the agrarian period that determined the economy of a nation it was actually more beneficial for farmers to have as much children as this would help get the job done around the farm. In modern days birth rates have dropped because children are becoming more of a financial burden. I can see this model working out for parents with one or two children as there would be enough chores and work to be done. I have a full time job but live in a very expensive city so I still live with my Mom who relies on me for some of the chores she refuses to do or any assistance she needs for her rental properties but I do not get paid for it.
Isn’t this just getting paid to do household chores
I tried for 5 years. I am going back to society. It's hard when they don't let you do decisions and they still control your life.
you manage to stay on for 5 years?
@@cancanjaker1620 Yes....
According to our Culture this is weird but i can understand. Good luck everyone.
honestly.. I dont want to have full time children or be a full time children myself....
I want them to go outside and make an effort.. I just think about the future when I am no longer live.. so it is good to work and have experience eventhough at the beginning you earn little money at least you can support yourself
If the kid doesn't have to do a single chore in the past, but now has to do every chore in the home, I think it's considered a job.
It's great to do the 'Full Time Childen' . There will be more job vacancy for those in need of work. Also it's a privilage that not many young people have to be able to do this. From what i see , it's a win-win situation
not really, the child who cannot be successful on his own is not satisfying
At first, it is good especially for local level jobs, but if the movement gains momentum , companies may shift from China because of increasing labour costs which overall will be pretty bad for the economy, not to mention China 's economic boom has slowed down, hence expectation may not meet the availability
If they have a good relationship with their parents that's fine but if they don't it will be cause more problems. We wanted my sis to return home as we thought she was wasting away, high rent, overtime working. But now that hard working person became lazy, aggressive, abusive person.Parents doesn't know their kids they always assume the best. I think it is best to let child build their life and if they want ask them to build it near you so they can come and help rather than depending on you.
Yes, you can say that it can put financial strain on the parents retirement. But some parents know their kids and they would prefer to have quality times with their only child, while they can, and build good memories. It is not like the children are never going back to work. They seek good oppturnties. Jobs conditions and oppturnties now in this generation is more competititve and harsh than 20 years ago. Many people young people had commited suicide due to the work stress and no place to turn to. If you dont support your child and when the are gone it would be too late. their mental is affected it would cost money to cure them, and even more. Maybe while they spent time with their parents they may find something or options that they can work from their paretns' homes. Things can change and if you are too tunnel minded, you would loose to observe the other things around it, that is beatiful. Life is not just about work and money, during that time away from work they can work so much like communication and perspective in life. I can say taht due to my own experience. I choose to hold myself back and got out of my country when i can, and now i have a beautiful life that i want overseas. And I can afford to do things I want and a job that i like, without my paretns support to take time off work and focus on what I want and reasoning or communicationg with people, i would not be where I am right now. I would be in the rat race that hardly paind and I wojld not have quality time that I had with my parents. Parents please dont be too hard on your children. If you pushed them too much, they wioudl not turn to you anymore and they would feel so alone and prons to other things.
Ever heard of ' hikikomori'? For some boomerangers, kinda a natural progression after a while. Somehow China's YA always manage to redefine their not so flattering life situations/happenings into something more marketable and acceptable by their own community 🤔
The difference is that being a hikikomori is to cut all connections with other humans, and forgone basic hygiene or healthy food. A "full time children" also means that is a temporary solution, while the young search for a new job, or recovering from burnout.
I had been in a whole crew lay-off some months ago but had to be unemployed because a elderly on the family got sick so i was the main caretaker because private nurses are too expensive. I am again on the search for a new job, paying personal items with my savings from the last job
Multiple generations living under a single household is still pretty normal in China despite urbanization and job trends.
Traditionally conservative Chinese culture has either the son or daughter marry someone and raise their children with the grandparents. So this isn't as usual as one would think, which is just missing the extra step of their child being married and raising their own children.
Can't believe I've been doing it for free
I don't think "full-time children" is an accurate term. Suppose they were doing those duties for people outside their immediate family, then they would be called "servants".
This is a new term, but not a new idea, this is what happens when children work in their family business in the past. These children do w/e the parents or the family business requires and receive a salary with stock options and the ability to run the business with higher trust level than regular hired employees. The parents or the family has to be loaded though, only available to the top 1% of society.
What your plan when your parents passed away?
might bite them later on if they need a proper job. but otherwise all good, its tough everywhere... in UK where i live many do that too and get state benefits.
When people say salary what do they mean? A month a week? what?!
In america when we say Salary it usually means an entire year.
to be very fair, it isn't right to brand all of them as those who don't want to work at all and just want to 'leech off' their parents when in reality majority of them are still actively seeking employment but given the current economical crisis which China is going through (and ofc the state is refusing to accept that their labour market is dying), this is one of the option for them to consider as a short-term solution rather than getting hired and then fired within the span of a few weeks or even days. Its just not sustainable for them and of course it will also make them wonder if the job market will ever be sustainable in the long run. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have the money to go study overseas or afford the work visas to work overseas too.
I love this idea .Chinese people are very smart.If there isn't enough jobs in the market , family can find a solution .Everybody seem very happy Take care of home is a full time job.
Without the enactment of China’s one child policy, this current situation would have been much worse. The reporting was incorrect to label the policy as defunct.
if I'm a well off parent in such a situation in China, I'd buy a big plot of farmland in the countryside and make my kids raise livestock and farm the land, instead of just waiting for handouts
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So their parents will never retire? Their parents will be busy working 9-5 jobs until what age? Young people leeching off parents' salary & retirement savings is just what it is: leeching. Stop romanticizing
Tbh if anyone asks they could say they’re a live-in maid and leave out the part where it’s for their parents, same work, doesn’t seem like anything to be ashamed of to me
The only job that will not make you get fired
Glad they have rich parents who can pay them.
While Indian doing this since years that too without salary
Game over
I learn a while back China technically has military conscription on the books but had not done a military draft in a while due to having enough volunteers. I have the feeling the draft laws are going to get revised soon.
This is highly unlikely though. The PLA has consistently attracted more than enough volunteers over decades with very little propaganda effort, and the number of Army personnel number now dipping below one million after the most recent structural reform, the number is no longer the strength. It is now a high-tech military force, and you will soon need specific degrees to be enlisted. Onening conscription will just spread the military spending on unwanted soldiers who will likely be complete useless in any potential conflict; unless China decides to attack Russia, which in today's situation, is even less likely than the US government decide to do anything productive to the world economy.
@@challenger2205 considering a low percentage of the Chinese still means millions I’m sure China doesn’t need much of a recruitment budget. But what I’m talking about is the draft as a way to keep the youth off the streets and out of their homes. Historically unemployed young people have always been a recipe for revolution. And I’m sure an occupation force in Taiwan will require a lot of troops.
Lol i couldnt find a job for 7months but my parents just keep telling me to keep finding while i keep doing part time jobs🤣 no chance to be 全职儿女 because they got no salary for me. They rely on me for salary
When you are the adult child and paying for your mom , and watch this …..
Good decision
Who paid them by doing full time childern job??
So they're a carer, which is legitimate and OK, in theory.
This is assuming they're actually doing their job, I.e. doing chores, looking after parents etc, which is a big IF. Many will claim to be doing it and then not fulfil it wholeheartedly knowing that their parents will be soft on them.
In india we live with our parents(most of them even after marriage),take care of them and do our chores , go to our job , raise children ourselves without expecting any wages from our parent.
It is out duty in India❤
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It seems like a strange think to call it a 'job' and actually get paid for it. Nothing wrong with living with your parents, enough cultures do this. Especially when you are single and live by yourself, it might be much nicer to live close with family and care for each other. The problem I have with this is that these are basically adults living at home, unemployed and getting an allowance? How is you doing jobs for the household considered working and something you need to be payed for? Do the parents charge the child for rent and food costs as well? If I would be living at home rent free without any large costs to cover, I would gladly help my parents in running the household so we can provide each other a favor.
You basically want to be payed to spend time with your parents? While being babied and sometimes doing the bare minimum in return? Shame on yourself 'kids'.
How horrendous to have to pay your own child when you give rhem free rent and food! To say nothing of all the money you spent raising them.
Why do we need to call it a full time child people been doing it in many centuries in many population it's not a phenomenon. Why the insulting labels. Many people straight out of uni experience recession unemployment. Work at home work for your ageing family is still work.
How are they going to sustain themselves after their parents departed from this world?
We have to ask our system and government for why those youngster stuck in their home rather than calling them out for being dependent on their parents. Seriously, do you think in this time of endless recession with outrageous amount of competition in job market would be fair to ask these people for just being ‘lazy’?
Mmmh.... I don't know what to say, in my country you do all the chosres for the simply fact that you live rent free and eat the same food. They are just pampering their misery, this is really weird. You don't find a job? Go and search, try and try again, how can you rely on elders just because you clean, cook and go shopping for them. You do that stuff for free because they raised you and because you live with them.
It would be normal to work and put your money into the family to reduce their expenses. This is really wicked for me.
In a sense full time children is not any different than inheriting family business. So it shouldn't be shunned on, especially if it truly benefits both the child and the parents.
Well, what else are those kids going to do? Do nothing? 30 million grads can't find jobs in China, and this is even increasing day by day. Its at least good that they are doing chores for their parents instead of just doing nothing.
I would love it if I didn't have to provide financially for my parents, and I can just do chores for them without having to worry about financial security. I would love it if I could spend all day with my family, keeping them company and enjoying family time that I didn't have as a child because they were too busy working.
But I cant, because my parents are not well off, don't have high retirement income, and rely mostly on me for all utilities, and since I'm a filial son, I want them to explore the world before they can no longer travel.
I neither look down on them nor see it as a shame. I am actually legit jealous of them. I literally have to do everything they currently do, with a full time job, and not only do I not get paid, in fact I pay them.
Yes, this is me being an angry man at these well off families, and spiting the world for being poor. But just because I'm jealous doesn't mean I look down on them. They are in enviable positions. If anything I wish I could be like them, since it means my parents are well off as well. I want to travel with my parents too...
They're literally just housekeepers, what's so bad about that? You can tell half the comment section didn't even bother watching the video.
must be nice to have rich parents
Common everywhere not just china
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That is soooo weird tbh... Parents will definitely not treat their children as maids lol... It's more like giving an allowance even though you've grown up. What will happen when your parents are already old, sick and no longer able to "hire" you lol? To whom will you rely on then?
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Full time child?😂 Hilarious. Children live under parent roof should help house chore. It is called filial duty. For me full time child is just another term of unemployed workforce. Nomatter how good the term, the child still suck off parents money or pension.
No shame in being a homemaker long as the overall family unit prospers. Equating self-worth purely with work is a toxic conceit pushed by corporations and governments who just want to profit off people's labor.
If you can take time to enjoy life and look for better paths in life then by all means. Running head first into a bad job market with no sense of direction only leads to poor mental health.
Young generation, goes to senior caring industry, is a trend everywhere… full time children is just a term to make the workers feel better, they re what we used to call house helpers.
wait... you get paid?
They have a rich family, they can do that, they only want jobs with very good wages or they prefer to stay at home, but for someone from low income families, you don't work you don't eat.
I'd call this failure to launch. These people's parents aren't that old.
Also, why does Jiayi dress like a 12 year old? Really leaning into the "child" part of "full-time child"?
it's not a job it's something like a candy to a prideful child saying he earned it by hardwork and not a favor
Adult type 1 and adult type 2. No child.
If you have wealthy parents, you need to learn the way how to at least preserve the wealth doesn't matter from home or at work.
I think the children are spoilt and not competitive at all. Instead of being full time children, they should work harder so that their parents can quit their job and become full time 'Parents'. They are simply waiting for their parents' legacy. If the parents do not have property or well off, i don't think the children will be willing to waste their youth being full time children. Maybe that is why there is a saying‘ 富不过三代’。
啃老族 - this started happening in Japan too many years ago after 1990s economic crisis
My dad always taught me and my siblings to be able to earn Finance by working - we won’t be supported financially if we do not work at all
If we work and we have difficulty then we can ask for assistance
That is how families with generational wealth will likely do -
I can't wrap my head around this concept. If the children are paid for their "services", shouldn't the parents charge them rent as well? I am totally speechless. Why don't we just call it what it is--unemployed, temporarily staying at home, while finding one's direction?
Maybe the rental already factored in? Hence the "salary" is that low, which is basically similar rate as full time FDW here in Singapore
@@kjk5522 It's their parents though, they are suppose to do it for free. Their parent spend how much raising them, now they want wages? That's braindead logic.
@@Daivd1111 the logic is brain-dead since the 1 Child policy where the child is literally pampered to the sky. So for the parents it is as giving allowance to the only child like they have been doing all along since young, and the perks is having a "helper' but instead of an outsider, it is their child. Of course whether do I condone to such thing, it is not up to me or you to say, as long as the child and the parents are happy, who are we to comment? But they just need to know the consequence where the child will not be able to return to the society once the arrangements break apart since they have been isolated from the work force too long
In Singapore when you hire a helper you provide her food and accommodation and pay her a salary too.
@@Daivd1111 Yeah their parents raised them but that's the duty of the parents. Parents have children for their own self interest. Now they get a helper and get to be near their beloved child too. A win win if you ask me.
It's good rather than employ a stranger