A Chinese “tiger mother” was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday by a local court in Nanjing after she was found guilty of intentionally injuring her adopted son.
The boy’s adopted mother and biological aunt, who has been identified as Li, has confessed to beating the nine-year-old with a skipping rope and a back scratcher because he “didn’t finish his homework and told lies,” according to Xinhua.
Now the boy has been sent back to his biological parents’ family in the rural areas of Anhui Province, where he dropped out of school due to the trial. Li had taken the boy in so he could get a better education in the city.