The World's Best 11-Year-Old Sent Her Parents' Life Savings to Bloggers She Likes

Source – A Chinese girl has reportedly drained her parents’ savings without them realising by using her mother’s old phone to tip live-streaming hosts.

Ms Long, from central China’s Hubei province, was devastated to discover that more than 110,000 yuan (£12,260) had ‘mysteriously vanished’ from her bank account, according to Chinese media.

After checking the transaction records, she discovered the money had been spent by her 11-year-old daughter in the space of around six months.

Ms Long and her husband run a stall selling steam buns in the city of Jingzhou. She gave her old phone to her daughter, a fifth-grade pupil, to play as ‘a toy’.

Speaking to Chinese news outlet Kan Kan, Ms Long said her daughter had managed to remember the password to her online cash account.

The mother had given the pin number to her daughter so the girl could use the phone to pay for snacks in shops on her own.

However, the girl who was apparently engrossed in watching live-streaming shows, found out she could also use the phone to give tips to the hosts she liked. …

Ms Long has reported the case to the police. She has also hired a lawyer and is hoping to retrieve the money.

Well, Ms Long, you live and you learn, I guess. Every parent has been there to some extent. I’ve got a former Marine in college on my credit card account and between the burger place bills and the chicken shack expenses, I know exactly how you feel.

Granted, my life savings isn’t going evaporate one processed, poly-unsaturated chicken patty at a time. And it sure as hell isn’t going to go to a bunch of bloggers, unless those bloggers happen to be me. But it’s just a matter of degrees.

But I think the key question is, what would I want if I were in Ms Long’s shoes? And the answer is, I’d want to be taught a lesson. I’d want to make sure that I, my spouse and my child never let a thing like this happen again. So I’d fire my attorney and let all those bloggers keep my money.

Those who entertain others on the internet are the highest form of life on Earth. Selfless people. People who use their god-given talents to write, speak and produce videos make the world a better place and our otherwise drab existence worth living. They deserve more than our thanks and praise. They deserve our money. All of our money.

So all you kids out there, do the right thing for the world. Learn your parents’ passwords, teach yourself how to transfer funds, and send them to me. I’ll see that the money goes to do some good. Believe me. They might get mad for a little while, but ultimately they’ll realize you did the right thing. And kept all the great Patriots blogs and hilarious SST posts coming. Just remember they can always sell more steam buns. Thanks in advance.