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.
The boy screamed in pain when the fruit hit him, but did not appear to have suffered any lasting damage. Until the next day.