Full time children

{{Short description|Chinese job of doing household chores for parents}}

Full time children or full time daughter/son are an occupation in China where the child is paid by their parents to do house chores around the clock and be available to help them. The children are also paid as much as an average worker with a monthly salary of 4000-8000 Yuan or the equivalent of 500-1100 US dollars. The trend is organized through the internet.{{Cite web |last=Zhu |first=Laura He, Candice |date=2023-07-27 |title=Young Chinese are getting paid to be 'full-time children' as jobs become harder to find|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/26/economy/china-youth-unemployment-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=CNN Business}}{{Cite news |date=2023-07-17 |title=Burnt out or jobless - meet China's 'full-time children'|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66172192 |access-date=2023-07-28}} The high unemployment rate and family dynamics are cited as reasons for the existence of this occupation.{{cite web | title=Why Chinese youngsters are working as full time| website=msn.com | date=28 July 2023 | url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/why-chinese-youngsters-are-working-as-full-time-children-amid-all-time-high-unemployment-rate/ar-AA1eqPod | access-date=28 July 2023}}{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/parents-in-china-offer-rs-47000-per-month-to-get-a-full-time-daughter/articleshow/100598367.cms?from=mdr|title=Parents in China offer Rs 47,000 per month to get a 'full-time daughter'|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=May 29, 2023}}