Frustrated China father launches pomegranate at primary school son over homework ‘shortcomings’, ruptures boy’s spleen
- Fruit flinging incident sparks heated online discussion about need for patient parenting
- Father’s lack of experience in home tutoring role may explain his short educational fuse
A father in China who lashed out by throwing a pomegranate during a meltdown in the middle of a home tutoring session with his son, hit the boy with the fruit, rupturing his spleen.
The man’s apparent short fuse prompted a heated discussion on mainland social media about having more patience as a parent.
Surnamed Chen, from Wenzhou, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the man had taken temporary responsibility for helping his son with homework while his wife was working overtime, according to a report by Wenzhou Urban Daily.
He lost his cool when the boy, a Primary Three pupil, nicknamed Liangliang, failed to grasp the solution to a mathematics problem.
The frustrated father lost his temper and picked up a pomegranate from the table, throwing it at Liangliang, hitting him in the stomach.
