China news agency, Hong Kong, May 10 - Title: Hong Kong Volunteer probation with love "mother" to help young people back to life on track
China News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoxi
"I am also a mother of three children. Sometimes I think that if it is a child of my family, I really hope that someone will give them a chance to reinvent themselves. The idea at that time was that simple." An interview with a reporter from China News Agency in Hong Kong recently At that time, an active member of the patriotic Hong Kong love group "Hong Kong Good Citizen" and Hong Kong volunteer Lan Lan said.
Since the storm of the practice, Lan Lan has been running on the front line of anti-violence and supporting the police, and has made every effort to help Hong Kong youths who are lost on the streets. She said that everyone would do something wrong when they were young, and they had made mistakes when they were young, but her family and friends did not give up, so she could return to the right path of life, "Maybe because I have this experience myself, I hope Also give them a chance, and hope that one day they will reflect on and realize their mistakes. "
Lan Lan has traveled to 42 police stations in Hong Kong to appease the police, cleared roadblocks at the scene of illegal and violent demonstrations on the streets, and has been beaten by thugs. She described the scene of the beating to the reporter: At that time, she and her companions were besieged by a group of people. She walked to the front. The mob opposite picked up the phone to shoot. She also raised the phone, and the person opposite came over to snatch her phone. And smashed the phone on her head.
"It was a big one (lumps), which took about a month to disappear." Recalling the scene at that time, Lan Lan pointed to his head and told reporters. Although the injury was not light, she did not report the case. She said that she is also the mother of three children. When she sees that the children who are beating are not old, she hopes to give them another chance.
In Lanlan's view, because she often appeared on the "front line" of violent demonstrations, which gave her more opportunities to observe the teenagers who took to the streets, she was slowly trying to get along with them and understand their inner world.
Lan Lan said that she sometimes chats with teenagers on the street. She finds that the children ’s ideas are very simple, that is, the behavior on the street is "fun" and "very heroic"; but some children will say that the main reason for participating in violence It is hoped that they will not be rejected by their peers. If they do not go to the streets together, they will be bullied and excluded by others.
One night after the fierce conflict between the revision laws, Lan Lan saw a child walking silently on the street after the crowd dispersed, and she stepped forward to ask if the child was hungry and needed something to eat. The child agreed and the two went to McDonald's together and chatted together.
"Actually, I really want to save these children, don't use bad attitudes, don't push them over there, and pull him back." Lan Lan said. She believes that in many illegal and violent activities in Hong Kong, many children under the age of 18 are only temporarily blinded or taken the wrong way because of playfulness. She always hopes to be able to influence them through her own behavior.
In the patriotic love Hong Kong group where Lan Lan participates, there are many members who change from the so-called "yellow" to "neutral" and "blue", and some of them are young people. She said that as long as someone suggested that she wanted to join the group, she would agree after understanding their position, and she would easily chat with them and care about their lives. If the new members are very active and enthusiastic, she will also take them with them to participate in activities such as clearing roadblocks and cleaning slogans.
Lan Lan said that after seeing the "little mob" who had thrown bricks on the street into a good child who worked with her to clean up the roadblocks, she felt the power of tenderness and was more convinced that she could pull these children back one by one with heart and love .
Perhaps due to motherhood, Lan Lan is still worried about the future development of these teenagers. She told reporters that she had recently chosen a venue that she was preparing to sign for a lease. The expenses would be borne by her and her companions, hoping that the venue would become a space for young people to communicate. Through some details of her life, she will also personally lead young people to know their family and motherland.
Lan Lan expects that those children who have been rehabilitated can come to this venue when there is no place to go, feel the warmth of home, and understand that there are people willing to help them. (Finish)