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Trending: Should You Punish Your Children Over Bad Grades?

Should You Punish Your Children Over Bad Grades?

19/12/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, Should You Punish Your Children Over Bad Grades?

A Chinese mother threatened to drown her daughter apparently over bad marks in school.

Viral video shows a Chinese mother threatening her child for allegedly getting bad grades. Are Chinese ‘tiger’ parents too tough on their kids? When does discipline go too far?

A viral video shows a mother in China punishing her daughter for allegedly getting bad grades. She dangles her over a fast flowing river while shouting at her. When does discipline cross the line? Why are some Chinese parents so tough on their children? Do ‘tiger mums’ practice the best parenting? 

Also we speak to the agony aunt who’s using Instagram to dish out relationship advice to her followers in Nigeria. 

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