Angry mother breaks her own toe while teaching her child to do homework

SCMP reported that a woman surnamed Zhang, living in Nanjing city (Jiangsu province, Southeast China), broke her toe because she lost her temper while helping her child with homework.

“My son took too long to do his homework, which made me so angry that I wanted to hit him but ended up kicking the wall instead. My little toe broke immediately. My son was so scared that he immediately screamed for his dad,” Ms. Truong recounted.

Ms. Zhang kicked the wall so hard that her little toe broke. (Photo: Baidu)

Images circulating online show Ms. Truong’s right little toe bent outward, almost forming a 45-degree angle. An X-ray confirmed that she had a fracture and her entire foot had to be bandaged.

After the incident, Ms. Truong signed her son up for extra classes just to do his homework.

Her story has received sympathy from many parents who have fallen into similar situations, they call this feeling of frustration "the syndrome of fear of helping children study".

"Helping children with homework has become a dangerous job. It's like modern-day torture," one netizen commented.

"That was definitely a fierce kick. The mother must have lost her temper in that moment, just wanted to vent and release her anger," another person shared.

"Seeing this X-ray, I felt my toes throbbing. It's so frustrating to teach my child. So now, I choose to watch TV in the living room. My child will call me to check his homework after he finishes," another person said.

"As a parent, I completely understand the feeling of going crazy and wanting to give up, but we still need to control ourselves. Sending children to extra classes to do homework is no different than spending money to save ourselves," another person expressed his opinion.

Situations where Chinese parents "panic" during their children's lessons often attract the attention of the online community, when many parents are so angry that they burst into tears or even have to be hospitalized while teaching their children.

Last July, a woman in eastern China was filmed repeatedly brutally beating her son while he was doing his homework. She then slapped herself in the face and screamed in anger.

In another incident in September 2021, a man in central Vietnam became so angry while tutoring his daughter that he dislocated his jaw.

Minh Anh (Source: SCMP)

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