"Parents usually say what they wished their children to be and how hard they worked, but such words are not touching at all. So I will add, 'Whatever you become, Daddy and Mommy always love you,' and no child can help weeping at those words," says Pan.
To Pan's delight, many parents realize they know too little about their children and they decide to remain with them, although the lost time can't be regained overnight.
If the pilot programs prove successful, they might be expanded to other poor areas, says Shi Weilin, Social Policy Specialist at UNICEF China. With the children's centers as a platform, Dawu County has created a series of courses over two years. Mental health is at the core of the courses, which involve lessons in security, nutrition and handcrafts.
Photos taken over 700 days have captured changes: dull and even fearful faces at first became grins and gestures of victory. "If you give love, you will be loved too. What we've done is worth doing," says Zeng.
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