Chapter 35: Repressive education will only hurt children’s self-esteem!
"What do you mean you were scared away by me? It's obviously because you are not strong enough!"

Lin Yuan said with a gloating look, turning sideways to see Yaya and Wang Shan behind him.

He squatted to the side and asked Yaya.

"Yaya, do you want to try it too? It's quite interesting."

“You can take the fish you catch home with you!”

Yaya looked at the various goldfish in the water, her eyes full of joy.

Just as he was about to nod in agreement, he was stopped by Wang Shan beside him.

"Yaya, we just said we should just come over and take a look."

"There are so many people here, and it's by the river, it's very dangerous."

Yaya felt a little disappointed when she heard what Wang Shan said.

She nodded, "I won't play anymore, Mr. Lin. I don't want to make Dad worry."

Seeing that Yaya was so sensible, Wang Shan was very satisfied.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan didn't know what to say, so he turned around and started playing by himself.

Just a while ago, Weiwei said she wanted to have a small pet.

Wait until he catches two goldfish and then give them to Weiwei to raise.

There were more and more people gathering by the river.

Yaya stood beside Wang Shan obediently, without making any noise or making any trouble.

He just looked at the smiling Weiwei with envy.

When will she be able to play whatever she wants like Weiwei?

A while passed.

After Weiwei caught two fish, she didn't want to play anymore.

……

Lin Yuan asked the boss to pack the fish they caught.

The four of them continued walking along the stream.

As the stream water gradually became scarce, a ring-catching stall appeared in front of us.

"Twenty bucks for thirty rings, if you catch one you can take it home!"

Lin Yuan ran to the stall and took a look at the rules of the game on the sign.

"Weiwei, do you want to play this?"

He pointed at the stall and turned to ask, but his hand honestly took out his wallet.

Seeing this, Weiwei seemed to have no idea what was going on and nodded very cooperatively.

After all, it is a ring-tossing game in an amusement park, and the gifts are more expensive than those in ordinary stalls.

Most of them are small models of NPCs in the amusement park.

There were a few that were very exquisitely made, and Lin Yuan liked them at first sight.

I spent another forty dollars to buy sixty circles.

Weiwei and I had a lot of fun playing together.

Yaya was still standing aside watching, wanting to play so much.

But Wang Shan didn't say anything, and she didn't dare to bring it up.

Just standing quietly by the side.

This sensible look made netizens feel heartbroken.

——【No way, Wang Shan, you just need this little bit of money, right? You brought your child out but didn’t let him play with anything. It’s better not to come out. Look at how jealous Yaya is!】

——[If you can’t afford to play more, can’t you just play once? At least don’t let Yaya just stand and watch. Does Wang Shan, as a father, not care about Yaya’s emotions at all? ]

——【What does this have to do with Wang Shan? It's not easy for him to support a family by himself. Every penny counts. If he was as wasteful as Lin Yuan, would Yaya have such a good life now?】

——[It’s not like Wang Shan didn’t give Yaya a chance to play. There are so many attractions in the amusement park, how can you play them all? Just pick two to play. Why waste so much money?]

——【But Weiwei is also playing, isn’t Lin Yuan also a single father? To put it bluntly, Wang Shan is reluctant to spend money, so he ignored Yaya’s emotions! 】

……

Netizens all think each has his own reasons.

Looking at the issue from different perspectives, both Wang Shan and Lin Yuan are right.

The host Xiaobing came over with the staff.

Seeing Yaya standing alone watching, Wang Shan had already found a seat and sat down.

She walked forward, squatted down and asked softly.

"Why doesn't Yaya play with her sister?"
"Don't you like these activities? How about I take you to play something else?"

Just now, the two groups of families were doing their own activities.

Xiaobing was sitting in a nearby rest area watching the live broadcast.

She read every word that the netizens said.

I really couldn't bear it, so I rushed over with my staff.

Yaya smiled and shook her head, "No, these games are very interesting, I haven't played them before."

"But it's not easy for my dad to pay off his car loan. I need to think more about my family."

Xiaobing never expected to hear such an answer.

She glanced at Wang Shan who was walking towards her, feeling a little complicated.

Logically speaking, Wang Shan has already become the manager of the company, so he shouldn't be so poor.

But Yaya is so young, there is obviously no need to lie.

Moreover, before the program started, she received some relevant information about the two families from the station.

The above shows that Wang Shan's annual income is around 150,000.

Secondly, let’s look at the education, food, clothing, housing and transportation that Yaya received.

It is definitely not to the point of being poor.

Netizens in the live broadcast room also thought of this.

They pointed out the problems in Wang Shan's education very clearly.

I guess he would often say something about the family being poor in front of Yaya, asking Yaya to think more about the family.

——【I grew up in such a family. The words I heard most were "Mom and Dad did this for you" and "You have to save money because your family is poor." As a result, I don't dare to spend money now. 】

——【I really resonate with this. Sometimes I don’t understand why my parents say this to me. Can I drop out of school and work to earn money at my age? These words only increase my psychological burden!】

——【If children hear these words too much, they will become inferior and sensitive. If they can’t get what they want, they will doubt themselves when they grow up and feel that they don’t deserve it.】

——【I am like this now. I have been rejected by my parents so many times and lost so many things that even when I grew up and bought a car and a house with my own efforts, it felt so unreal. It felt like it would be gone in the next second!】

——【In fact, if you ask your children to spend less money from a young age, it will make them develop a retaliatory spending habit. When they grow up and have the ability, they will do their best to make up for it, leading to excessive spending.】

……

Younger generations of netizens expressed their experiences one after another.

Surprisingly, most netizens have heard Wang Shan’s brainwashing-like speeches.

'You have to be sensible since your family is poor.'

'It's not easy for parents to earn money, you can't spend it carelessly.'

These words resonated with many contemporary netizens.

They don't understand why their parents like to describe the situation at home as terrible.

Always keen to instill their own anxiety into their children.

As a result, they grow up with a sense of guilt and indebtedness.

On the one hand, I feel sorry for the difficulties my parents have to go through, but on the other hand, I particularly dislike this kind of talk.

Some netizens also said that seeing Yaya reminded them of their own childhood.

I really want to cry.

When I was young, in order to get praise from my parents, I studied hard every day and helped with housework.

But in the eyes of his parents, these are what he should do as a child.

If there is any dissatisfaction or doubt, then you are an ungrateful person and unfilial!

This bad mood has been weighing on him.

Even later, he passed the doctoral program and won a national award.

In the eyes of his parents, they are all worthless!

I will always say that it’s nothing, don’t be proud, be low-key.

If you act too happy, people will laugh at you.

The older generation likes to use this kind of repressive education to educate their children.

In their view, the starting point of these remarks is always for the good of the children.

But I never thought that children also need encouragement and companionship in their growth.

Sometimes, one word of praise may be more effective than ten words of criticism.

But they never say a good word.

It’s as if these parents have lost the ability to express love.

(End of this chapter)