China mum’s paper bag message for help with child’s phone addiction prompts flood of support
Trash bag containing handwritten note was discovered two days later by university student who sat in the same seat
An emotional message scribbled on a paper trash bag left on a high-speed train by a mother, expressing her frustration over her teenage child’s addiction to electronic devices, has sparked widespread discussion about parenting on mainland social media.
The message resonated with a young passenger days later.
This “message in a bottle” was written by a passenger from Ningbo, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, on October 29.
The trash bag, containing the handwritten note, went unnoticed by cleaners in time and was discovered two days later by a university student who sat in the same seat, according to the Ningbo Evening News.
“A message from my 14-year-old child this morning has made me feel terrible,” the mother wrote.