China woman proud to be grandma at 36, slammed for prioritising children over son’s education

Three generations of mothers: the baby’s mother on the far left, the paternal grandmother in the centre, and the paternal great-grandmother on far right. - SCMP composite/Douyin

BEIJING: A woman in China proudly became a grandmother at the age of 36 after her 18-year-old son welcomed his first child, igniting a heated debate across the country about early marriage and parenthood.

The young grandmother, surnamed Liu, hails from Huizhou city in southern China’s Guangdong province and works in the interior decorating industry.