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‘Home is a place for love’: cute Chinese toddler melts lecturing mother’s heart with dispute-ending retort that delights social media
Smart toddler suggests mother could mend her contrary ways by giving her delicious food treatsLittle girl ends argument over parental nagging with cute line hinting at hypocrisy which elicits big hug from her motherTrending in ChinaLiya Suin ShanghaiPublished: 9:00am, 17 Sep, 2023Why you can trust SCMP
A little girl in China who tried to stop incessant lecturing from her mother by insisting that home is a place for love has touched many people on mainland social media.
The mother, nicknamed Xixibei, has a Douyin account with 1.46 million followers and is from Heilongjiang province in northeastern China.
A video she shared on the platform about her three-year-old daughter, Haipi, and her sweet response during a dispute between the pair has attracted 125,000 comments.
In the viral video, Haipi can be seen standing against a wall, while in conversation with her mother.
“Are we still friends?” Xixibei asks her daughter.