Chapter 274 Parenting Tips
The seven families each showed their talents, and today's dinner went smoothly.
For the eight children, today was a very rare experience. They had never been to the countryside, nor had they seen a wood-burning stove, let alone cooking on one.
Everyone was running around the adults, with an exploration of the unknown in their eyes.
It was still early after dinner, and everyone was used to staying up late, so they didn’t go to bed so early. The electronic products they brought were also taken away by the program crew.
In order to kill time and to get closer to each other, the seven families gathered together without any prior arrangement.
Chen Ting's family lives in the largest house, so everyone plays at her house.
During the conversation, Zhou Jingcheng and Fu Mengyao again had the situation where Fu Mengyao was educating the child while Zhou Jingcheng was trying to smooth things over.
Hu Bingxin couldn't stand it anymore and asked Zhou Jingcheng directly: "People say that if a son is not taught well, it is the fault of his father. Just now, your family member, Richie, stole Xixi's things. Why didn't you, as a father, come forward and teach Richie a lesson for this robbery?"
"When Mengyao was educating the child, you were trying to smooth things over. Did you do that on purpose? You wanted to portray the image of a good father in front of the child and make the mother the bad guy."
Hu Bingxin is not in the entertainment industry, so she says whatever she wants and is not afraid of offending anyone.
Besides, except Murong Mingyue, no one else can afford to offend her.
Zhou Jingcheng smiled awkwardly. He glanced at Fu Mengyao and saw that Fu Mengyao didn't speak for him, so he said, "You misunderstood. It's not what you think. Our way of education is that one plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop."
"After Mengyao scolds the child, I come over to comfort her. This way, the child will realize his mistakes but will not suffer psychological trauma from the harsh education."
Hu Bingxin didn't buy his theory. "At least you should wait until Mengyao finishes teaching the child. You interrupted Mengyao before she finished speaking. This way you are more likely to teach the child bad things."
"This way, Mengyao's education of the child will not have any effect at all. He will even develop a resistance to Mengyao because he knows that no matter what he does wrong, you will not scold him. Even if Mengyao scolds him, you will help stop him and protect him. Wouldn't he be more fearless?"
"But if Mengyao and I scold him, it would be too cruel for a child."
Zhou Jingcheng himself grew up under the belittlement and insults of his parents.
Therefore, after getting married, he vowed that he would never treat his children the same way his parents did. He would use praise and education to influence his children.
Let children feel the love, harmony and warmth of the family.
Looking at his confused look, Fu Mengyao felt angry and distressed.
Help explain: "Jincheng grew up being scolded. His parents are very strict with him. Any mistakes he makes will be magnified infinitely. They will take turns to educate him, saying all kinds of unpleasant things to him."
Everyone then understood why Zhou Jingcheng was so conflicted; it turned out to be because of his original family.
However, Hu Bingxin still wants to say: "But children should be educated when they need to be educated. You should make them aware of their mistakes instead of letting them make the same mistakes again and again."
"Now that he is young, he will bully the weak. If you continue to spoil him in this way, it will only hurt him. To put it bluntly, if he makes a mistake in the future, he will not thank you for your tolerance today. He will only ask why you didn't educate him well, why you were on the sidelines and sided with him when Mengyao was educating him that the way she did was wrong."
Hu Bingxin is not the type of person who likes to meddle in other people's business. Since this is someone else's family affair, she is even less willing to say anything.
But she was protective of her own people. When Richie stole Xixi's things, Zhou Jingcheng didn't even teach him a lesson and instead protected him. She couldn't tolerate that.
Zhou Jingcheng lowered his head and said nothing.
Wang Ye came out to smooth things over. "Oh, educating children is really a science. My child is also very difficult to manage now. You say one thing to her and she will say ten things back to you. She is very sharp-tongued and sometimes I can't even win over her."
Fang Tianlei: "Yeah, it can't be too light or too heavy. Ever since he was able to run and jump, I've had white hair growing out."
Everyone else followed suit to smooth things over, talking about parenting tips and problems encountered in educating children.
Zhou Jingcheng was quiet the whole time. On the way back, he held Fu Mengyao's hand and asked her, "Did I really do something wrong?"
Looking at the two children jumping in front of her, Fu Mengyao stopped and stared into Zhou Jincheng's eyes with a serious expression, "Ms. Hu is right, you have indeed failed in educating your children."
"I have discussed this issue with you many times, but you always brush it off and refuse to really face it."
"You haven't picked up your child from kindergarten for a long time, right? Many children in Richie's class dislike Richie because he is overbearing, unreasonable, and always tries to be first in everything. If he can't get first place, he will make trouble."
"If this is what you wanted, then you were successful."
"So this is why you want to sleep in a separate room from me, letting me take Richie and you take Xiaoman, and you don't want to sleep with me?"
"yes!"
"I don't want your way of education to ruin two children."
"Whether I educate Richie in front of you or behind your back, we always have endless arguments afterwards. I don't want two children to grow up in a single-parent family, so I can only take a step back."
"Rich, you can educate her however you want, but don't try to interfere with Xiaoman's education. I don't want you to ruin the future of the two children."
Richie and Xiaoman heard their parents arguing. They stopped and looked at their parents with fear and worry on their faces.
He took Xiaoman forward and gently held Fu Mengyao's hand, "Mom and Dad, please don't quarrel."
Fu Mengyao knew that this was Zhou Jingcheng's best chance to change, so she shook off Richie's hand and said, "You should educate your own son."
Then, he squatted down, held Xiaoman in his arms and walked forward with his head down.
"Mom, my brother is crying." Xiaoman hugged Fu Mengyao's neck and looked at Richie who was running and crying after her.
Fu Mengyao didn't look back, and said softly to her daughter, "Mom knows, but brother did something wrong. Before brother realizes his mistake, mom will ignore him."
Xiaoman seemed to understand, but she didn't quite understand. Looking at her brother's expression, she felt that he was so pitiful.
After returning to their residence, Fu Mengyao took the toiletries prepared for Xiaoman and took Xiaoman to Chen Ting's place to help Xiaoman wash up.
Zhou Jingcheng had no choice but to take Richie with him.
When the father and son came back, Fu Mengyao took Xiaoman to sleep at the end of the bed.
Richie wanted to sleep with Fu Mengyao, but Fu Mengyao said coldly, "Don't come over, I don't have a son who steals other people's things."
Zhou Jingcheng was hurt by Fu Mengyao's cold attitude, "Mengyao! Don't be like this, I have realized my mistake, I will change it later, you will hurt the child."
Richie also held his mouth, trying to hold back his tears, "Mom, I won't steal other people's things anymore, please don't ignore me."
Fu Mengyao closed her eyes and ignored the two of them.
Zhou Jingcheng was also angry. He pulled Richie back and pressed him into his arms, "Sleep!"
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