‘Pay for your mistake’: Chinese father makes son pay compensation and apologise for deliberately scratching luxury cars
- The boy’s father said he was too young to be aware of the negative consequences of his actions, but said he still could learn a valuable lesson
- As a punishment, the boy was made to apologise alone to the cars’ owner and then pay for the damage he caused
A father in southern China said he is teaching his three-year-old son the value of taking responsibility by making him apologise and pay 2,000 yuan (US$280) for scratching a neighbour’s luxury cars.
The father, surnamed Ouyang, from Shenzhen in Guangdong province, has won praise online for his parenting approach, Jimu News reported.
The incident occurred when Ouyang’s son and another boy were playing in their neighbourhood at night and running next to two luxury cars and scratching them with plastic toy guns.
The boys were caught by the neighbour who owns the cars, who then informed Ouyang of the damage.
Although Ouyang defended the boys as too young to be aware of the negative consequences of their behaviour, he acknowledged they made a mistake.
Ouyang said his son has been stingy with spending money, so he came up with the idea of asking his son to apologise and then give the neighbour 2,000 yuan in compensation.
