Chinese boy, 8, living with father after parents’ divorce filmed waiting with pyjamas outside mother’s flat goes viral

The video of the boy clutching his pyjamas outside his mother’s place triggered an outpouring of emotion online after it was reported widely in mainland China. The boy lives with his father and his sister with their mother after his parents divorced. — SCMP

An eight-year-old boy in China with divorced parents who misses his mother has moved many social media users to tears after a video of him holding his pyjamas and waiting outside his mother’s flat was posted online.

According to Bailu Video, the boy, whose name was not reported, has been living with the father and his sister with their mother after his parents divorced. The children have visitation arrangements with both parents.