Parents discipline their children and teach them important life values in many ways. However, a woman in Taiwan crossed the line by forcing her six-year-old daughter to walk barefoot on hot pavement as punishment. South China Morning PostThe incident occurred on July 14 in Hsinchu City in northern Taiwan, when temperatures reached 34 degrees Celsius.
Remarkably, the woman was angry at her daughter for losing her shoes. Instead of buying her new shoes, she forced the girl to walk barefoot on the hot asphalt road for at least 20 minutes. The little girl screamed as she walked on the hot pavement, and said: ”Mom, it’s so hot, my feet hurt so much.” She was seen jumping to keep her feet off the hot pavement, but her mother kept dragging her.
A woman who witnessed the incident asked her mother why the child was not wearing shoes, to which she replied, “The child has lost her shoes herself and I do not have money to buy shoes for her.”
“Isn’t that very cruel? What you’re doing is child abuse,” the passerby said.
The girl’s mother yelled, “Call the police if you want.”
The concerned woman also offered to buy shoes for the girl, but the mother refused. She then followed the mother and daughter for 20 minutes and then called the police. After receiving a report from a passerby, the local government sent social workers to the woman’s house to investigate. They found blisters and burn marks on the girl’s feet and took her to the hospital.
The case has now been reported to the Hsinchu County Department of Social Affairs and will be investigated for possible abuse. If it is found to be an isolated incident, the mother will be required to attend parent-child education courses. However, if regular abuse is found, the Department of Social Affairs will intervene.
Internet users reacted strongly to the incident, and criticized the mother for abusing the child. “If this is found to be an isolated incident, the mother will be required to attend parent-child education courses. However, if regular abuse is found, the Department of Social Affairs will intervene,” one user wrote.
Another commented, “I hope social organizations can protect this little girl. The mother needs education. She doesn’t know how to love her child.”
