According to a recent survey, about 52% of WeChat users aged 18 to 29 block (屏蔽) their parents on WeChat Moments, also known as “Friends’ Circle”. My parents don’t know Moments very well, and I have told them I don’t use it any more. I just need some private space.

—Lu Zhiping, 21 years old

I don’t block my parents completely. They are in a certain group in which I only share positive posts. I just don’t want my parents to worry about me. Last year my parents saw a Moments picture of my hand getting burned while cooking. It was nothing serious but they traveled all the way to Nanjing to make sure I was all right.

—Xie Yun, 26 years old

The survey also found that more than 49% of Chinese parents use WeChat as a main way to communicate with their children.

When asked what they would do about being blocked, some parents said they would have a talk with their children to find out the reason, while others said they wouldn’t care.

And some parents are smarter than their kids. “I didn’t realize I was blocked until I compared what I could see on my phone with what my son’s aunt could see,” said Chen, a mother of a 27-year-old son. “Now I’m following my son’s posts through his aunt.”

My name is Laura. I’m a Chinese girl. It’s my twelfth birthday.

In the morning, I get some things from my parents. Look! This is a red watch. It’s from my father. I like it very much. My mother buys me a nice skirt. It’s purple. I like it, too. In the afternoon, my good friend Kim gives (给) me a big yellow box. A volleyball is in it! It’s my favorite sport. In the evening, I find a small blue box on my bed! What’s in it? It’s a pen from my sister, Joan. She says I’m her dear sister! I am very happy! I love my family and my friends.

My name is Helen. I am a school girl. My brother and I are twins (双胞胎). We are both at school. 【小题1】 . My parents are both teachers. They work hard. My brother and I study at No. 6 Middle School. 【小题2】.

       We go to school from Monday to Friday. We have no classes on Saturdays and Sundays. We usually get up (起床) at six, and have breakfast at 6:30. We come to school at 7:00. 【小题3】. We have four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We have lunch at 12:15. At three fifty we have sports.

       We study Chinese, math, English, geography, physics, history, politics and other subjects. We like Chinese. 【小题4】. Some of us are good at it. We go home at 5:00. We have dinner at 6:00. We do our homework (家庭作业) at seven every evening and go to bed at nine, 【小题5】.