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Liya Su

The story of a sweet little girl in China complaining to her father about having too much homework has delighted mainland social media.
The girl, from Henan province in central China, was filmed by her mother on March 6 crying and saying she was tired and could not cope with her “endless” homework anymore.
She sought comfort in a hug with her father, Wutong Video reported.
In the clip, the girl and her father are sitting on the couch at home. She buries her face in his chest and weeps. Her father holds her close and taps her gently on the back.

“Why do I have so much homework? How can I finish it?” she asks, bursting into tears.
“Too tired, right?” the father asks her.
“Very tired, very tired,” she tells him.
Her mother, who was behind the camera, giggled at their conversation.
“Dad will save you,” the father says, adding: “Let’s stop doing homework for now. We’re taking a rest.”
Though still weeping, she appeared to calm down.
“Too much homework makes my hands tired,” she tells her father, who wipes the tears from her face with a tissue. Her mother could not stop herself from chuckling again.
The story has captivated many people on mainland social media.
“Hahaha, she is very cute,” one person said.
“She is great. She knows how to express her emotions,” said another.
“Yes. Instead of lecturing the girl, the father shows he understands her feelings. What a loving family,” a third said.
In China, the pressure to succeed in education has been fuelled by high unemployment figures among the 16-24 age group.

After hitting new highs between April and June 2023, unemployment among that demographic reached 21.3 per cent and only began dropping below 20 per cent a month later.
As a result, academic pressure for young children in primary schools has increased.
In October 2023, a student in northwestern China called the local education authority more than 10 times in an hour to report that his school had held extracurricular classes during the week-long National Day holiday.
In another incident in last September, an 11-year-old boy from Shanghai who argued with his parents about the pressure of homework, left a goodbye note and ran away from home in the middle of the night.


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