Frustrated China mother has meltdown while helping son with homework, wants to kick someone, hits wall and breaks toe
- Mother wearing slippers, lashes out, hits wall, and bone breaks instantly scaring son
- Ordeal resonates with other parents who call this feeling ‘fear of tutoring syndrome’
A mother in China became so frustrated while helping her son do his homework that she tried to kick him but hit the wall instead and fractured her toe.
The woman, surnamed Zhang, from Nanjing, Jiangsu province in southeastern China, lost control of her emotions and lashed out while wearing slippers, according to a report by Guo Jia She Qu, a multimedia outlet in the northern province of Hebei.
“His homework was dragging on, and I got so angry that I wanted to kick him, but I ended up kicking the wall instead. My little toe broke instantly,” said Zhang.
“My son was quite scared and immediately called his father.”
Images shared online show Zhang’s right little toe turned outwards, almost at a 45-degree angle.
X-rays confirmed a fracture, and during hospital checks and treatment, her right foot was bandaged.