Beijing: Incidents of children refusing to eat or go to school when reprimanded or punished by their parents are not uncommon. Sometimes they even run away from home. A 12-year-old boy from Eastern China, due to fear of being beaten by his mother, climbed out of a high-rise building window on June 25. Ignoring pleas from his mother and a crowd of onlookers, the boy climbed onto the outdoor unit of an air conditioner hanging out the window and took a dangerous dive from fifth floor. The severely injured child was immediately rushed to the hospital where doctors reported multiple fractures in his body. This incident has provoked netizens to demand more stringent child protection laws in the country.
