‘He’s grown up so fast’: father in China cries and hides in son’s room on boy’s first day of kindergarten as wife films him
- A mother is moved by her husband’s emotional response to son’s first day of school and films him crying
- September 1 is the traditional start date for schools in China with many parents online relating to the father’s reaction
A father who hid in his son’s room after sending him to kindergarten for the first time became a social media sensation in mainland China.
On September 1, the traditional start date for kindergartens, primary, and secondary schools in China, a father from Xuzhou, Jiangsu province in eastern China, walked his son to kindergarten for his first day.
However, when he arrived home, the father went into his son’s room and began crying while holding his son’s framed picture.
The scene touched the boy’s mother, surnamed Chen, who filmed her husband wiping away tears and posted it on Douyin, China’s TikTok.
“He was fine on his way to kindergarten with the boy, but then I saw him sitting in our son’s room, hiding and sobbing,” Chen explained. “He was also looking at images of our son taken at younger ages.”
Chen said her husband bemoaned the fast passage of time and how: “The boy has grown up so fast without me knowing it till now.”
