Social workers intervene in boy selling guavas alone in Pingtung
Social workers intervene in boy selling guavas alone in Pingtung
2026-09-11
People recently spotted a young boy in Pingtung selling guavas from a cart all by himself. The county’s Department of Social Affairs came to check on him and discovered that he had also been seen selling the fruit in Kaohsiung with his parents nowhere in sight. The department is considering imposing a fine.
- Where’s your dad?
Is he close by?
Two social workers ask a young boy running a guava stand where his father is.
- He says he’ll take us to his dad.
On principle, he can’t run the stand by himself.
You just can’t let him run the stand all by himself.
They finally found his father, but this wasn’t the first time the boy was spotted selling guavas alone. He was also seen running the stand by himself in Kaohsiung.
- We need the money.
- What else do you help your family with?
- I only sell guava.
- Did your dad go back home?
- There’s no way he went back. The round trip is too long.
The boy’s father waits outside the night market until he’s sold all the fruit, then takes him back home. The sign on the stand says “filial child,” clearly in an attempt to elicit sympathy.
Member of public
Pities child
He’s so young. He should be living carefree, but he’s here selling guava.
Member of public
Pities child
It seems like he’s been forced to grow up. His parents should at least be there with him.
Having a child sell things alone is against child welfare laws. After being caught in Kaohsiung, they went back to Pingtung. The boy is on the Pingtung Department of Social Affairs’ list of people to check on, but no matter how many times they’ve talked to his father, he seems unwilling to change.
Hsu Tzu-yun
Pingtung social affairs deputy director
We’ve already been helping this family for many years, even putting the father through mandatory parenting education. But repeated conversations with social workers have done little to stop him from having his son run a stand alone in the night market.
The department said it would fine the father if he keeps having his son sell fruit by himself. Hopefully, the boy can have a more carefree childhood.
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非首次! 屏東男童獨自推車"夜市賣芭樂" 社會處擬開罰家長
2026-09-11
屏東有一名國小男童，被民眾直擊，單獨一個人推著攤車，在夜市裡面賣芭樂，遭到社會處上前關心勸導，但卻被發現，其實這早就不是男童第一次在賣芭樂，之前在高雄也曾經被民眾直擊，家長沒有陪在身邊，屢勸不聽，屏東縣社會處也將研議依法開罰。
- 爸爸在哪裡?
有在附近嗎?
兩名社工來到芭樂推車旁邊，詢問正在賣芭樂的小男童，家長在哪裡。
-他說他要帶我們去找爸爸
我們的原則就是不能讓他自己賣
你就是不能讓他自己一個人在那邊賣
在小男童的帶路下，爸爸終於現身，但這已經不是男童第一次獨自在賣芭樂，之前在高雄鳳山，也曾被媒體直擊。
- 因為家裡沒錢啊
- 其他的時間會幫忙家裡什麼
- 都有在賣(芭樂)啊
- 爸爸回去了嗎
- 他不可能回去的，一來一回太久了
父親躲在夜市外面，等兒子賣完芭樂收攤，再接送回家，攤位上的跑馬寫著”孝順的孩子”，明顯就是要博取民眾同情心。
[[民眾]]
“他年紀還很小，應該還是無憂無慮的時候，但是還要出來賣芭樂”
[[民眾]]
“我只是覺得說被迫成長，至少家長要陪在身邊啦”
把小孩放出來賣芭樂的行為，早就已經違反兒少法的規定，在高雄被抓到，就跑回屏東，男童也被列為屏東縣社會處重點關懷名單，但不管社會局怎麼勸導，男童父親卻始終不願改善。
[[屏東縣社會處副處長 徐紫雲]]
“這個家庭我們已經服務了非常多年，過去也曾經對爸爸開立過強制性親職教育，那爸爸讓兒少單獨在夜市擺攤這件事情，經過社工多次的規勸，效果不大”
社會處表示，家長如果執意繼續讓男童單獨販賣水果，將依法評估開罰，就盼還給小男童一個正常的童年。
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