Parents should not influence kids' contests

WITH MORE SCHOOLS and training institutions adopting social media as a medium for voting in student contests, parents have been racking their brains to attract more votes for their children and some have chosen to offer monetary incentives in the form of digital red envelopes. This practice is unfair and should be stopped, Cnhubei.com argued on Wednesday:

It is the most basic requirement and principle that a contest should be fair; otherwise the other candidates will not be convinced by the result.

However, in real life and work, this principle is frequently manipulated and violated, especially with the emergence of convenient and troublesome voting via social media.