A father in China has been widely praised on mainland social media for making his young son apologise to a shop owner for stealing a sticky rice dumpling. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/@Xinhua
A father in China has been widely praised on mainland social media for making his young son apologise to a shop owner for stealing a sticky rice dumpling. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/@Xinhua

‘Teach by example’: Chinese son takes father’s cue and bows in apology for stealing rice dumpling from shop, wins social media praise

  • Young boy who stole a sticky rice dumpling from a shop in China is given a life lesson by his construction worker father
  • Online observers applaud father’s sense of responsibility with one saying: ‘This is real education and love’

A father in China has been widely praised on mainland social media for making his young son apologise to a shop owner for stealing a sticky rice dumpling. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/@Xinhua
A father in China has been widely praised on mainland social media for making his young son apologise to a shop owner for stealing a sticky rice dumpling. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/@Xinhua
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