Little Chinese girl asks mum to treat her well in public, highlights value of face-saving
Traditional Chinese concept of ‘face’ highlighted by youngster, brings praise on social media, stresses importance in maintaining mental health
Netizens in China have applauded a toddler who told her mother to treat her nicely in front of people to save face.
The girl’s mother, an online influencer with 75,000 followers, posted a video she filmed a year ago of her three-year-old daughter, Mibao, on February 16.
The woman from northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, surnamed Wang, said she was touched by the old video and decided to share it.
In the video, Mibao tells her mother not “to scold me and support me when other people are around”.
She said she wanted to cry whenever Wang treated her rudely in public, because she did not want other people to laugh at her.
Wang, who spoke tenderly with her daughter, immediately acknowledged her mistake and promised to protect her daughter’s self-esteem in future.