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A teenager trapped at home

2026-11-03Author:朱健立;2 reads

English summary of a Chinese-language article · machine translated

Recently, I received a new appointment: a 15-year-old boy who is unwilling to go to school. I thought to myself that this was probably another child "trapped" by interpersonal relationships, academic pressure, or family conflicts. I prepared to meet with him, but unexpectedly received cancellation calls three times in a row at the scheduled times. It was not until the fourth time that someone finally came—it was the boy's mother, Ms. Chen, alone. From this mother, I learned about a willful, selfish child who did not know gratitude. Whatever his parents did for him was taken for granted; he would not be grateful and would only ask for money. He did not remember a single good thing his parents did, but as long as there was the slightest bit of not...