Kids learn to be independent and do housework at an early age as their parents work outside most of the time. Along an ancient canal in Wuxi city, East China's Jiangsu province, lives a "tribe" of city cleaners. Thirteen households of 51 people, with 23 children and two elderly, resided in simple work sheds. Beginning their work at 4am and finishing at 6pm, the sanitation workers get little time to take care of their children. [Photo/qq.com] Read More: Children of migrant sanitation workers