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A father in China is facing backlash after a video of his three-year-old daughter crying into a bowl as punishment for watching too much television went viral on social media.
The toddler was asked by her father to fill the bowl after she burst into tears when he switched off the TV during dinner time.
The incident happened last month in southern China’s Yulin city in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in what is being criticised as the latest example of parents using harsh punishments.
The father told the daughter that she could “watch TV again when your tears fill up this bowl” after he saw her not eating her food and being engrossed in TV.
The video showed the girl holding the bowl in her hands and crying and squeezing her eyes …
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