Son drops out of school, starts smoking and father's shocking actions

A man who works far from home traveled more than 1,000km from Zhejiang to Hunan (China) to tie up his son and take him to the police station. The conflict-filled meeting between father and son took place on the street. Before that, the father received a phone call from his teacher to inform him that his son had dropped out of school and started smoking and drinking.

Before the father could take his son to the police station, the police... arrived to disperse the disorderly crowd and asked the father and son to remain calm to resolve the matter. A police officer who participated in the incident talked to both father and son, before asking them to stop causing disorder on the street and go home to talk calmly.

The image of a father and son fighting on the street was captured by a passerby, sparking a debate about how to raise children (Photo: SCMP).

"I stressed to the teenager that he was of school age and needed to go back to school and continue his studies. I also told the father that family matters needed to be resolved within the family," the police officer told local media.

I also advise him to pay more attention to his child, be more considerate and to talk in a warm atmosphere, instead of causing a bad scene on the street, which will do more harm than good."

Indeed, the image of the father and son wrestling on the street was recorded by passersby and spread on social networks.

According to some locals who know the man's family, he and his son's mother are divorced, and information about the mother is currently unknown.

In China, compulsory education lasts for nine years. The boy is 15, which means he has almost completed compulsory education. After that, depending on his ability and inclination, he can transfer to vocational school.

The teenager's efforts to complete compulsory education so that he can move on to vocational training and become a trained worker are a good step towards his future.

So, it was reasonable for the father to rush "thousands of miles" to meet his son and ask him to go back to school. However, the father's way of teaching his son made many people feel worried and concerned.

Seeing the recorded scene, many people expressed sympathy for the father who worked far from home, because he must have been very worried about his child so he immediately put aside all work to return home to see his child.

However, tying up his son and threatening to take him to the police station was not the solution to convince him to return to school. In fact, with his father's extremism, the judgment of others around him, and the content spread on social media, the teenager would be negatively affected, becoming stubborn and reckless.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/con-trai-bo-hoc-tap-hut-thuoc-va-hanh-dong-gay-soc-cua-nguoi-cha-20240922115539365.htm