Chen Jie, 14, from Ningbo, Zhejiang is a lucky girl. She got 3600 yuan as gift money this Spring Festival. However, her grandmother took away all the money and put it in a bank account. Many students experienced the same thing as Chen. They got their gift money, only to immediately have it taken away. Xiong Shengyue, 14, from Nanjing, doesn't agree with the practice. "I think the money should be the children's, " she said. " We should take care of it by ourselves." It is not that simple, said Chu Chaohui, a researcher at national Institute of Education Sciences. Giving gift money is used to show social status and develop relationships, he told Beijing Legal Evening News. Gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has "little to do with the children". What's more, children don't earn the money through work. So he thought that parents should still play a big part in dealing with the money. But Yan Honglan, a mother of a 14-year-old boy in Beijing, has let her son be responsible for his gift money since the age of 8. "I want to develop his financial skills, ' Yan said. She also added:"No matter how you deal with the money, the most important thing is to make the children feel they're respected and trusted. Chen supported Yan's idea. She said that though she knew her grandmother wouldn't waste her gift money, she would feel happier if she could at least know how the money is spent. "It would make me feel a little bit more grown-up," she said.
Who took away Chen Jie's money?
Who thinks the children should look after it themselves?
How old are they?
from where?
what does she think should happen to it?
Why is it not that simple?
What's it used for now?
who said this?
where does he work?
and who was he speaking to?
Where does Yan Honglan live?
how old is her son?
how long has he been in charge of his own money?
why did she let him?
who agrees?
did she think her grandma would spend it all?
what would make her happier?
how would it make her feel?
her grandmother
 her grandmother
Xiong Shengyue
Xiong Shengyue
14
14
Nanjing
Nanjing
She thinks the money should be the children's
the money should be the children's
Because gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has "little to do with the children"
Gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has "little to do with the children"
to show social status and develop relationships
to show social status and develop relationships
Chu Chaohui
Chu Chaohui
at the national Institute of Education Sciences
at national Institute of Education Sciences
Beijing Legal Evening News
Beijing Legal Evening News
Beijing
Beijing
14
14
since the age of 8
since the age of 8
to develop his financial skills
 to develop his financial skills
Chen
Chen 
no
She said that though she knew her grandmother wouldn't waste her gift mone
knowing how the money is spent
know how the money is spent
more grown-up
a little bit more grown-up