“Revenge Served Chilling: Mother’s Unexpected Twist on Pranking Leaves Son Soaked and Surprised!”
At the same time, a study by the University of Manitoba states that there’s no conclusive evidence that physical punishment enhances children’s developmental health.
“[It] plays no useful role in their upbringing and poses only risks to their development,” wrote Joan Durrant, PhD, in her paper. “The conclusion is equally â parents should be strongly encouraged to develop alternative and positive approaches to discipline.”
Despite these warnings, the video was mainly received positively, with some viewers defending the mother from commenters who believed she was being “too harsh.”
“Nobody loves kids as much as their mothers. She was doing this for his own good,” one user wrote.
“If you don’t teach your children properly when they are young, society will teach them when they grow up,” another stated.
Netizens from outside China also congratulated the mother for her method, believing it to be an effective way of teaching the boy a lesson
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“To each their own. The mother is not punishing for the sake of punishment but gives her son a taste of his own medicine,” one argued.
“Good for her. It’s fine if it isn’t hot water. It’s better to teach him now,” another said.
“That’s genuine 80s-style parenting. Taste your own medicine. Good on you, mum,” wrote one reader.
Others pointed out that pouring water on the kid and publicizing punishment was unnecessary.
