What's the buzz

Besides personal computers, cell phones and cameras, cars, stocks and houses have become the latest gifts from parents to their children entering colleges as the new school year nears. China Daily mobile news readers share their views on this.

The reason why university is called a "half-society" is that children are supposed to learn to deal independently with life issues such as money, interpersonal relationships and personal future development. However, they remain "flowers in the greenhouse" when their parents deal with every problem and they remain helpless without their parents' protection and material support. I think parents should leave some space for their children to learn self-reliance.

Sev7ella, Shanghai