“留守儿童”是指父母在内地城市打工，子女被留在农村，由祖父母或其他成年人照顾的孩子。他们大部分有以下特征：内向、缺乏自信、脾气坏、与父母关系疏离、叛逆、过分依赖、自我中心、不信任别人以及学业成绩不佳等。在过去10年，每年有大量父亲、母亲均非香港居民的“双非儿童”在香港出生，给香港带来教育及社会问题。按香港基本法，双非儿童有绝对的居港权，应获得与其他港生儿童同等待遇。要想双非儿童能在香港健康成长，需要切实提升香港教育制度的软硬件，将他们培育成才并欢迎他们留港工作。文章详细剖析儿童在成长中无法得到父母亲身照顾及引导所引起的各种问题，并提出相应的应对措施。%Left-behind (LB) children in Mainland China have both parents working in cities and they are left in the villages, to be brought up by grandparents or other adults. The following characteristics were common among LB children: lack of self-confidence, introvert, poor temperament, distant from parents, rebellious or over-dependent, self- centred, does not trust others, poor academic performance, etc.. Over the past decade, many children were born in Hong Kong whose parents were both non-residents (NRP) of Hong Kong. This poses serious challenges to education and other social services in the territory. The Hong Kong Basic Law gives NRP children the right of abode in Hong Kong and to enjoy the social benefits provided for local citizens. They should never be discriminated against. Under the quality education system, with suitable hardware and software, and careful guidance and nurture of specialists, many NRP children can be brought up as good citizens. They thus deserve to be treated on par with other Hong Kong-born children. If the government wants these children to grow up in a healthy manner in the Hong Kong education system and contribute to the community at large, or help solve the problem of an aging society in the near future, it should carefully examine and upgrade the design of the software and hardware, to nurture, encourage and welcome them to stay and work in Hong Kong. This paper aims at analyzing the consequences of children brought up devoid of the personal care and attention of their parents; nor parental guidance on how to think, as well as value judgment and other associated problems, with a view to suggesting and devising measures to alleviate or to remedy the situation.
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