‘It’s from my dad’: happy China boy, 6, shows off new coat gift from single, migrant worker father which proves ‘he still loves me’
- Pride in gift from dad prompts youngster to show off new coat at school
- Boy just one of millions of so-called ‘left-behind children’ in China
The story of a six-year-old boy in China who proudly showed off a new coat bought for him by his single, migrant worker father to his classmates and teacher has delighted mainland social media.
His teacher, surnamed Wei, at a countryside primary school in central China’s Hunan province posted the moment of his happiness on Douyin, the mainland version of TikTok, using the account @Yaoyaofadainao on December 20.
“Check out my new coat. It’s from my dad,” the boy says in a video clip.
He then excitedly shows off the shiny black coat his father brought him during a short trip home. The boy adds that he got two new items of clothing and had put the other one in the room where he sleeps.
Wei said the child’s mother had remarried and left, adding that while his father is working the boy and his little sister live with their grandparents.
In China, youngsters in this position are known as “left-behind children”.
