Little ones say 'we do' at group wedding
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E-mail Shanghai Daily, January 15, 2013
Some boys will say "I like you" to girls, while some girls will share candies with boys, and some children even talk about getting married.
Li said it was a good time for marriage education and a good opportunity to teach children about the roles of men and women, such as that men can be dads, and women can be moms, the newspaper reported.
The mock wedding was "supported" by parents who told the newspaper they believed the experience was "good for their children's development."
One parent, surnamed Liu, said this type of education was a good trial for real life.
The news aroused a heated debate online, with many people saying they couldn't understand the purpose of a wedding ceremony for the children.
Qian Wenzhong, a history professor of Fudan University in Shanghai, said on his microblog that it was "crazy" for the kindergarten to hold such an event.
A netizen calling herself Catlydia wrote on her microblog: "Children can only learn from the experience that marriage is just a game."
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