Imagine this: Your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone.
Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
"I can feed myself with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves." said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget things easily. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup."
"Now parents do almost everything for us. We're very lazy in housework," she said.
Most teenagers only have time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. However, Sima Yige doesn't think so." I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some simple dishes because my mom showed me," the 13-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many teenagersdependtoo much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly". For most teenagers, it wouldn't be a holiday at all.
