“Revenge Served Chilling: Mother’s Unexpected Twist on Pranking Leaves Son Soaked and Surprised!”
A joint analysis by scholars from China, Switzerland, Australia, Scotland, and the US estimated that around 27% of children under 18 years of age have suffered physical abuse.
The paper concluded that child maltreatment was so common that it had noticeable economic losses due to the psychological distress affecting their adult life performance.
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A thesis by the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong points out that the educational method is known in Chinese culture as “dama jiao yu,” or hitting-and-cursing, and it notes other cultural sayings associated with it.
“Bang da chu xiaozi” translates to “the rod makes an obedient son.”Â
“Da shi qin, ma shi ai” means “beating is caring and scolding is love.”
While a minority of users criticized the mother for repeatedly pouring water on her son in public and then uploading the punishment to social media for millions to see, most viewers were pleased with her handling of the situation, believing it to be an effective way to parent the boy.
Studies state that while physically punishing a child might scare them into compliance, it doesn’t address the root causes of the behavior and might lead to problems in the future
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Experts have concluded that while physical punishment may provide short-term control over a child’s behavior, it might cause long-lasting effects on their development, with links found between it and delinquency, aggression, and spousal assault in later life.
