I watched a piece of news this morning that said that the kids’ unhappy index is very high in Taiwan. It took a primary school student as an example.

The student is in Grade 5. At 6 o’clock in the morning, her mother wakes her up. But often, she is so sleepy that she goes back to bed. Her mother has to wake her again. Finally, she wakes up but dozes off.

Even after school, she cannot have a rest. She has to go to a piano class. After that, she needs to continue English class. It’s already 10 p.m., but she can’t go to bed yet because she needs to review the lessons she has learnt today and do the preparations for tomorrow’s lessons. She usually goes to bed at 12 a.m.

How poor she is. No wonder she said in the news that she wanted to run away from home. In fact, her parents are unwilling to force her to study so hard. But they said they had no choice, otherwise, their daughter would lag behind other classmates.

The news said that students in Taiwan have many other troubles. They are unhappy and feel helpless because, when they face difficulties, they have no one to tell. Many are not satisfied with their appearance and figure because they are too often affected by advertisements. They encounter campus bullying but don’t know how to handle that.

Such things take place not only in Taiwan, but also in some other parts of China. It should arouse people’s attention to the physical and mental health of children.