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The Fake Parenting Expert a Chinese Daughter Created to Communicate with Her Parents
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chóng qìng重庆nǚ hái女孩xiǎo shàng小尚cháng cháng常常shōu dào收到mā mā妈妈fā lái发来dewén zhāng文章nèi róng内容duōshìcuī hūn催婚pī píng批评wài mài外卖yāo qiú要求nián qīng rén年轻人zǒufù mǔ父母jué de觉得ān quán安全derén shēng人生

Chongqing girl Xiao Shang often received articles from her mother. They mostly pushed marriage, criticized takeout food, and told young people to follow the life path their parents thought was safe.

jiě shì解释lehěnduō cì多次dànmā mā妈妈zǒng shì总是tīng

She explained many times, but her mother never listened.

yú shì于是yòngrén gōng zhì néng人工智能chuàng zào创造lelǎo zhào老赵jiǎngdào lǐ道理

So she used artificial intelligence to create “Lao Zhao Talks Sense.”

lǎo zhào老赵kàn qǐ lái看起来shìyī wèi一位chuān穿xī zhuāng西装dezhōng nián中年nán shì男士xiàngyī wèi一位hěnyǒujīng yàn经验deyù ér育儿zhuān jiā专家

Lao Zhao looks like a middle-aged man in a suit, and also like a very experienced parenting expert.

kě shì可是lǎo zhào老赵qí shí其实bìngcún zài存在

But in fact, Lao Zhao does not exist.

lǎozhàodewén zhāng文章gào sù告诉fù mǔ父母bú yào不要hái zi孩子bié rén别人bǐ jiào比较bú yào不要suí biàn随便kànhái zi孩子deyǐn sī隐私bú yào不要jié hūn结婚dàng chéng当成rén shēng人生wéi yī唯一dexuǎn zé选择

Lao Zhao’s articles tell parents: do not compare your child with others, do not casually pry into your child’s privacy, and do not treat marriage as the only choice in life.

hěnduōnián qīng rén年轻人bāngxiǎo shàng小尚xiǎngtí mù题目xuǎntú piàn图片háijiǎ zhuāng假装shìzhī chí支持lǎo zhào老赵dezhōng nián中年dú zhě读者

Many young people helped Xiao Shang come up with topics, choose pictures, and even pretended to be middle-aged readers who supported Lao Zhao.

jǐ zhōu几周hòuzhè ge这个zhàng hào账号yǒuleèr shí duō wàn míng二十多万名guān zhù关注zhě

A few weeks later, the account had more than 200,000 followers.

yī xiē一些fù mǔ父母láiwènjiā tíng家庭wèn tí问题

Some parents also came to ask about family problems.

xiǎo shàng小尚fā xiàn发现tóng yàng同样dehuàyóunǚ ér女儿shuōfù mǔ父母kě néng可能xiāng xìn相信dànyóunián zhǎng年长lěng jìng冷静denán xìng男性zhuān jiā专家shuōtā men他们gèngyuàn yì愿意tīng

Xiao Shang found that when the same words came from a daughter, parents might not believe them; but when they came from an older, calm male “expert,” they were more willing to listen.

lǎozhàoméi yǒu没有jiě jué解决suǒ yǒu所有jiā tíng家庭máo dùn矛盾quèràngdà jiā大家kàn dào看到nián qīng rén年轻人bú shì不是bú huì不会biǎo dá表达tā men他们zhǐ shì只是hěnnánbèifù mǔ父母rèn zhēn认真tīng jiàn听见

Lao Zhao did not solve every family conflict, but he helped everyone see this: young people are not unable to express themselves; they are just hard for their parents to truly hear.

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