Three photos showing a foreign domestic worker holding an umbrella and a schoolbag for a secondary-school student in Hong Kong have triggered a hot discussion on social media about parenting.
The student was seen apparently playing with his mobile phone while walking alongside a maid on a rainy day in photos uploaded by a netizen identified as “leo881901” on the Hong Kong Discuss Forum. The maid was holding two umbrellas, one for him and one for herself, while carrying a schoolbag for the boy.
“If you are the boy’s parent, will you praise the domestic worker for doing her job well or slam your child for not holding the umbrella himself?” the netizen said in his post.
The post has gone viral on the Internet over the past week with hundreds of netizens leaving comments. Most of the comments slammed the boy’s parents for having spoiled their child, making him self-centered and lacking in ability to take care of himself.
Some said it was unlikely that the domestic worker would be praised by her employer, who may have taken her good services for granted.
So sad to see this kind of stuff, lazy and spoil brat boy..
Rene Destajo basa basa and understand
If you do that you maynget fired from your work because such kind of boy action his parents probably tolerated him.
We never spoiled our kids…Me i take care 2 kids both boys, they r 6 & 9 yrs old….i never bring their school unless has big rain even their umbrella, we have our own each while walking, we dont let our bous to be spoiled like that, i also teach them to be independent, im not the one tidy up their messy, they are…that is depends on the employer,…if im the helper of that boy, i will ask him to hold his umbrella, beside his just playing phone in rainy day….i dont care if he tell to his parents…So what…..
Just because parenrs can pay minimum wage…they think they bought a slave
supposed i was that maid i ask the boy to hold umbrella for himself and i scold him if he is not willing.
He is more like abnormal, parents should not tolerate their kids not to help themselves such as this way, already secondary, unless he’s handicapped then he need a helper to school. .
poor boy…super dependent…maybe his parents is like that also super dependent..not a good example to him…
Dont b shockebec. Most hk employers love to threat theirnkids as spolied brat.they dnt even wnt their babies to expirience any hardship tht even walking uneed to be attentive to catch when they trip.Thts d reason tht most of this kids commit suicide when they cary a slight problem or burden they jump to death cmpared to us filipinos
He has a mental stroke problem.his parent not good that’s y he grow lazy.pity on him
Don’t teach your children to act like a handicap…..He is able but acted like disable…hindi kayo malulugi sa pinangsahod nyo pag anak nyo pinapadala ng bag nya…
I’m taking care of 3 years old baby she don’t want me to do everything for her. But in that case already secondary what a lazy habit. ..tsk tsk. .lazy boy. .
Wtf! Should the maid help you to shower while you playing with your phone? Is his parent blind or what? That’s ridiculous.
Wala po tayong alam ano nmn malay ntin kung gawa gawa lng ng boss ny ????????
that is the face of hongkong 95
% of those people are demanding
That is what is expected in HK. Different strokes for different folks. No I do not condone the younglster’s actions at all, but you know what? Like the students who cheat on exams in college. Others will outcompete them fo jobs in real life since they earned their grades. This young man wiol always depend on other to do for him something he needs to learn to do for himself.. lik walking with an unbrella while carying his books to school.
Lazy boy and spoil brat not good parent i guess
Poor boy, he cannot stand alone by her own! What kind of mind he had? Tsk tsk!!!
He should back to the kindergarten ????
He is already a secondary student, and should be responsible enough to take care of his belongings.