From the Chinese Press

Spare grandparents the trouble

A 15-year-old schoolgirl in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, was forced to live with her grandmother after her parents divorced. On Jan 28, she allegedly strangled her grandmother for refusing to give her pocket money and then torched the house to cover the crime. All social sectors need to take measures to ensure the security of families in which grandparents take care of children because of the complications they, especially the left-behind children, go through, says an article in New Express Daily. Excerpts:

Grandparents can indeed take care of children, but not all of them can do so alone. Because of their advancing age, grandparents themselves need special attention and thus are not capable of providing emotional support to their grandchildren.