Studying in the UK Parents who accompany students studying in the UK are mainly divided into three categories:

According to the British "British-China Times" report, there is such a Chinese group in the UK that is not conspicuous but cannot be ignored. They gave up their original life trajectories in China and came to the UK to start from scratch; Built thousands of miles away in the UK, dreaming of creating a better future for their children? They came to the UK one after another and became what others call "accompanying parents". What they hear most from their mouths is their children and their children's future. According to the reporter’s understanding, there are currently three categories of accompanying parents in the UK. The first is those who are guardians of minors; the second are those who care for their children even though they are adults; the third are those who are investment immigrants. ?Immigration supervision style? Accompanying students. According to industry insiders, the number of "investment immigrants" accompanying their parents has been on the rise in recent years, and may continue to rise in the future.

Supervising an underage daughter to study with her: ?I quite enjoy the study life in the UK?

Annie from Taiwan is a mother in her forties and has a ten-year-old daughter. . My daughter is currently in the third grade of elementary school. She came to London with her daughter in September last year and officially enrolled in a private primary school in London, England. At the same time, she also became a "study companion" mother.

During a telephone interview with the China-UK Times, Annie was on her way to pick up her daughter from school by bus. She told reporters that the visa she is currently holding is Taiwan's accompanying visa for children under 12 years old.

According to her description to reporters, her daily life with her children is very regular. Her daughter goes to school at 8:30 am every Monday to Friday. They usually get up at 7 am. After washing and having breakfast, Annie will send her daughter to school. School ends at three o'clock in the afternoon, and she goes out at about 2:30 every afternoon to pick up her children from school.

When asked what she would do during the time when her children are in school, Annie said, "It's almost 9 o'clock when I come back from sending my children off in the morning. I usually go to the supermarket to buy groceries. Going home and cleaning is nothing special, just like housewives all over the world. ?Annie then added: ?But sometimes I would meet up with my old British friends or the families of my daughter’s classmates to have tea and have a party. ?

Annie does not think that the daily communication between father and daughter will affect their relationship: ?Now that the Internet is very developed, we and the father of the child have video calls every day, and whenever there are long holidays in the UK, such as Easter, During summer vacation or Christmas, my daughter and I will go back to Shanghai and Taiwan to reunite with our families. And my husband will also come to the UK to reunite with us during the long holidays like National Day. ?

On weekends, Annie usually takes her children out to parks or museums. ?Sometimes I will go to some interesting exhibitions with my daughter. She also studies music on weekends and has been practicing cello for more than three years. ?

When asked whether she would develop her own interests while studying with her, Annie said that she is currently very interested in photography, or will enroll in a class to study in the future. At this stage, she is still focusing on her daughter. , after she is in seventh grade, the school dismissal time will be extended to 4 pm. By then, I will have more time, and I may enroll in a photography class. ?

?Doting style? Accompanying students: ?Will it continue until her son graduates from college?

A few years ago, after retiring in China, Ms. Wang, who was in her fifties, was worried about being away from home. My son, who is studying in college in the UK, decided to join the "Study Mom" ??group to take care of his son's daily life.

Ms. Wang came to the UK to live with her son only in his second year abroad. She told reporters: What I applied for was a family visit visa, which I signed for half a year at a time. ? During the three years that her son was in the UK, Ms. Wang returned to China every six months and applied for a new family visit visa for the next half-year.

Every morning, Ms. Wang gets up on time at six o'clock to prepare breakfast for her son and a lunch box for her son to take to school. Ms. Wang told reporters that after her son goes to school, she sometimes goes for a walk in the park downstairs to exercise. Sometimes she also stops by to chat with new Chinese friends in the community. Occasionally, when a friend's child has no one to take care of her, Ms. Wang will act as a caregiver for her friend's child. Before her son came home in the afternoon, she started preparing dinner. day to day. She told reporters that she and her son rarely go out to eat. I cook by myself every day, so I can eat with confidence and save money. ?

Ms. Wang told reporters that they did not belong to a very wealthy family, and her son's lavish spending habits once made him and her husband feel financial pressure. My son also received a partial scholarship from a British university in advance so that he could study abroad as he wished. ?Anyway, I am retired. When I come to the UK, I can take care of my son's life on the one hand, and on the other hand, I can supervise my son's unnecessary expenditure on money. ?Ms. Wang said that she would keep in touch with her husband in China by making phone calls on weekdays. She told reporters that she planned to accompany her son to study in the UK until he graduates from college.

On the other hand, Ms. Wang’s son Xiao F didn’t seem to appreciate his mother’s accompanying him to study. He said in an interview: "I am the only one among our classmates whose mother came to the UK to study with her." I'm in my twenties, an adult, and I have a lot of control over my life. I fully understand how my mother loves me, but I always feel like I am being supervised all the time and not very free.

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Investment immigration-style accompanying education: ?Creating the best educational environment for children?

For the sake of his daughter’s education, Mr. C’s family directly chose the British 1 million investment immigration project. Due to preparation Fully satisfied, I quickly obtained an immigrant visa in China, and my daughter’s schooling in the UK went smoothly.

In Mr. C’s words: The school where my daughter attends has a good environment, with only a dozen classmates in a class. Since the school strictly limits the number of Chinese students, my daughter is the only Chinese student in the class. This provided my daughter with an all-English growing up environment. ?

Mr. C said that he was a master of sex. He often flew around and was very busy with work. His business in China was difficult to develop, so he asked his wife to be the main applicant and bring his children to study. I can only fly between the two countries. ?

?My wife is also mainly responsible for taking care of the children in China. My wife and I discussed that this decision is wise for the future of the children. ?

?I want to create the best living and educational environment for my daughter within my capabilities. The fresh air and safe food in the UK allow children to grow up in a safer and more comfortable environment. In addition, British educational concepts and methods allow children to have the ability to think independently and the space for creative thinking from an early age. Children can plan their future development direction according to their own interests. ?

?In school, children can come into contact with children from different cultural backgrounds, and it is easier for them to learn tolerance, respect and acceptance. This also exercises children's social skills from an early age. ?

However, according to the reporter, behind all the seemingly good things, Mr. C also has his own hidden worries: ?Although I am usually quite busy in China and am often away from home, I only have a few children with me. The distance is only an hour's flight away, unlike today, which takes more than ten hours to fly from China to the UK. ?

?So I make a video every day to keep in touch with my wife and daughter, hear about my daughter at school, and see how she is living in the UK. This makes up for the fact that I can't be by her side to some extent. Pity.

According to Mr. C, his parents did not fully approve of their daughter going abroad. The old man always felt that his granddaughter would gradually become less affectionate than when he was by his side when he was far away from home.

?Every time I think about this, I feel shaken in my heart. In the end, I use my daughter’s future to convince myself that this decision is the right one. Mr. C told reporters.