{
  "id": 14578972,
  "title": "At midnight, this 4-year-old still helps her parents earn a living",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/at-midnight-this-4-year-old-still-helps-her-parents-earn-a-living",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T01:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2026/10/15/at-midnight-this-4-year-old-still-helps-her-parents-earn-a-living"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At midnight, a four-year-old girl named Zaim Zazami Ibrahim's daughter continues to assist her parents in their market stall business. This heartwarming sight, often perceived as endearing by outsiders, leaves Zaim emotionally moved. His daughter gained attention on social media after a video surfaced of her helping her parents at their stall, which contrasted sharply with the innocence of other children's sleep. Zaim, 42, is a person with disabilities who suffered a spinal injury in a 2006 road accident. Together with his wife Kartini Ahmad, 42, Zaim now sells desserts at the TSI Sports Arena Cyberjaya night market and in Lorong Belakang Cyberjaya. The couple ventured into the dessert business after their tailoring enterprise faltered due to the pandemic. Their aspiration is to establish a central kitchen, expand to multiple locations, and ultimately generate employment opportunities for others. Despite the emotional toll of seeing his daughter work alongside them, Zaim hopes her involvement will instill lessons in resilience, perspective, and gratitude. He believes that even if she doesn't fully comprehend these concepts now, the experience will undoubtedly provide her with valuable life lessons. Zaim, who uses a wheelchair, is a testament to overcoming adversity. After his injury, he enrolled at the Industrial Training and Rehabilitation Centre in Bangi in 2007, where he met Kartini and discovered that life could still offer possibility and purpose. The couple married in 2011. Kartini expressed that their dessert business has garnered positive responses, with customers not only purchasing their products but also extending support by donating money and requesting the couple to assist other customers. Malaysians are characterized as being exceptionally kind-hearted.",
  "summary": "For disabled father Zaim Zazami Ibrahim, seeing his young daughter at their family stall is both heartbreaking and a source of hope for her future.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "At midnight, this 4-year-old still helps her parents earn a living",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/at-midnight-this-4-year-old-still-helps-her-parents-earn-a-living-14581526",
        "published": "2026-10-15T01:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}