Do you know a 20-something who isn’t working, and is just hanging out at home . . . doing odd-jobs and errands . . . and mooching off their parents? Well, maybe they ARE employed: As a FULL-TIME CHILD.
In China, the job market isn’t great . . . in fact, jobs are so scarce that young people are being forced out of the labor market, and there’s a new trend of them working for their parents . . . as “full-time children.”
The parents pay a little more than $1,000 a month, which is about the average salary in China. And in exchange the kids spend time with their parents, driving them to various stores . . . doing housework . . . cooking . . . and just generally being on-hand for anything that’s needed.
It’s become such a THING that the hashtags #FullTimeDaughter and #FullTimeSon have been trending on Chinese social media platforms.
Obviously, in some cases the young adults are basically being forced into it . . . but for some families, it’s been a MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL arrangement, with both sides being “happier than before.”
(NBC News)
