Chinese Obsessive Parents Giving 'Chicken Blood Injections' To Their Kids To Succeed

In this world of cut-throat competition, every parent wants to provide a little extra to their child in order to help them achieve success in life. However, Chinese parents have taken this to a whole new level. They are now injecting their children with 'chicken blood' to make them 'Super Kid.'

The concept of ¡®Chicken Blood¡¯ is nothing new in Chinese society and this unproven treatment was in great use in the 1950s as people believed that fresh chicken blood would stimulate energy and Chinese people used it as the solution for various illnesses like cancer, infertility, baldness, etc.

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While the enthusiasm for it faded over the years, the term remained in colloquial use and has come to fad in current times with a new purpose: to be given to the young children of middle-class Chinese parents who want their children to get the best to succeed in life.

Thus, these ¡°Chicken parents¡± believe that ¡°Chicken blood injection¡± can also enhance hyperactivity that would help children to perform extensively well in academics as well as in sports, according to a report published in supchina.com.

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These "obsessive middle-class Chinese parents" are doing everything to get their children a little extra as much as they can afford. For this, they are spending from 1//4 to 1/2 of their salary on their children. Some are even buying houses near schools in order to reduce the travel time besides getting their children a ¡°Chicken blood injection.¡±

The concept of chicken blood is very similar to ¡°Helicopter parenting¡± that exists in the US.

Parents who practice this kind of parenting believe that just one school is not enough, good grades are not enough since everyone else is also performing equally well. Thus, kids¡¯ parents are doing all the extra to get their children in best schools and thus good job afterwards.

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As a result, there is now an overload of expectations from children and cases of depression among them has significantly increased.

The 2019-20 National mental health development report stated that 25 per cent of Chinese adolescents suffered from depression and 7.4 per cent had severe depression, the Singapore post reported.

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