‘Fairy baby’: Parenting style of China mother who leaves toddler, 2, home alone to look after herself divides opinion online

Working mother, who runs restaurant next door to home, says girl ‘listens to her every word’. Many observers on social media criticise woman’s parenting decision which is in technical breach of the law. — SCMP

The story of a two-year-old girl who is able to look after herself while left home alone by her mother has divided opinion on mainland social media.

The child’s mother, surnamed Teng, from Zhejiang province in eastern China, runs a restaurant next to her house.