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英语作文《left–behind children》

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Left-behind Children

With the rapid development of China’s economy, more and more young rural people go to cities for works, which result in a phenomenon that a special group of children come into being who are called “left-behind children”.
As a growing number of China's rural people who go to work in cities, the number of children left behind in rural areas is also on the rise. There are about 58 million left-behind children in rural China and over 40 million of them are under 14 years old, according to a report concerning the status of the left-behind children released by the All-China Women’s Federation early this February. In some rural labor-exporting provinces, left-behind children in the local share of the total number of children is up to 18-22%. A report finds more than half of the children who are left behind don't live with either parent. The telephone is often the only way they can contact with their mothers or fathers. The report indicates that 8.7% left-behind children have no contact with their parents at all. The survey also finds 49.7% of left-behind children prefer to live with their parents, and 24.25% of left-behind children do not speak much with their caregivers.
What’s more, these children are staying at a critical stage of growth. Almost children at this age should be still doted by their parents, but the left-behind children are without the company from their mothers and
fathers. Their immature but strong souls have to bear their parents’ absence and boundless miss. They can’t benefit the enough guidance and help on thinking and doing from their parents and lack of the parental concern and emotional care since they are in the care of a single parent, grandparents or other relatives, which may easily cause the abnormal psychological development. So the problem of left-behind children has become a striking social issue that needs to be attended to.
Another problem in left-behind children is that their health from physical and Psychological. A survey in a western labor-exporting in large number province shows that 70% left-behind children’s parents’ times of going back home is less than three times and some parents even return home once in several years. Since parents’ long time going out, left-behind children's emotional need can not be met and the psychological problems are not solved in time, which easily result in the formation of their personality distortion and physical health risks, such as poor behavior, psychological imbalance, action out of control even criminal tendency. A survey in southern coastal province shows that 19.6% of the left-behind children feel inferior to others and 11.4% fell discriminated again. A survey in a northern province shows that the proportion of juvenile crime in the left-behind children is as high as 20%.
A left-behind child at twelve years old in Sichuan province stole 400 yuan in a shop and was caught at present spot. The next day he was found that he suicided himself by taking medicine when his playmates
who are also left-behind children went to his home. His uncle sent him to hospital and gave this message to his parents right now, but everything is too late. It is a tragedy, but like thus tragedy is existing in a large number. So reducing this phenomenon is an important thing.
This is a song to her mother and father from a little left-behind child. It is written that “dad and mum, since you leave home, I have learnt selfcare, I have learnt cooking, I have learnt feeding pigs and chickens. Dad and mum do not worry about me because I can do my homework by myself, I can wash my cloth and I can comb my hair. I know you do not want to leave me alone and have to do it. I know how much you love me. Please take good care of you and work without any anxiety about me. I promise I will study hard and listen to my grandfather’s words. I will grow up soon…..” These words touch many people’s heart from society. It reflects a kind of sadness. At same time, it also attracts a lot of attention from people in society. People realize their existence gradually. They, the left-behind children, let people know that not all the people can live a happy life in present society, especially the people in poor rural area.
Meanwhile, many other problems are also come into being. The nine-year compulsory education can not be conducted well. Since the teaching condition and some other sides of schools in rural areas are poor and there is no enough communication between left-behind children and caregivers. A number of left-behind children weary study and drop their schools. The Chinese People's University Population and Development
Research Center study shows that access to junior secondary stage, left-behind children in school has been drastically reduced and the school rate of left-behind children at 14 years old is only 88 %. This phenomenon is worthy of thinking about. Is it the fault from their absence parents or school side or even the conduction of national education in rural? The government has to think about it because the left-behind children are also next generation of our country.
Left-behind children are a group of children who need help, care, concern and love. They do not live in a rich life and are not in a satisfying environment. They lack too much than those children who have a normal life. So they need to be paid attention by others. Now left-behind children have attracted lots of attention. Hope and believe their life can be lit better and soon.