Commo China is now punishing parents for the “very bad behaviour” of their children. The idea I suppose, from a collectivist bee-hive perspective, is that the parents are responsible for socialising the children, and if the children misbehave, the parents have their part to play. Put like that, the idea has a moment of sanity, but on closer analysis falls apart, since plenty of decent parents who do the right thing, end up with problem children because of genes or social environment. Peer groups have a lot to do with it. Thus, the CCP should move to the next level and punish peer groups as well. So, they might as well punish everybody. And why not, that is the commo collectivist way?
