Chinese father orders ‘rebelling’ 11-year-old daughter to dig for lotus roots in blazing hot sun to teach her value of education
- The video of the girl working on the farm went viral and sparked a debate about harsh parenting
- Many people thought it taught her a life lesson, while others thought it was unnecessarily harsh
Ye decided to bring his daughter to the lotus field where her grandfather works. The girl spent four hours in the blazing hot sun picking the roots out of mud, leading to sunburns and peeling skin.
“Take off your shoes quickly and get into the water. If you do not want to go to school, you must surrender to the reality of life,” Ye told the girl in the viral video.
The girl did as she was told but cried loudly and wiped away tears with her T-shirt during the ordeal.
The video sparked a heated debate on the Chinese internet, as people debated if the father was teaching the girl an “important life lesson” or had been unnecessarily harsh.
One person who claimed to be a teacher commented on Weibo: “This is a good idea. I have kept this video in my file and am prepared to show it in my class.”