Heading to college years too early

Self-styled 'Eagle Dad' says his sometimes controversial parenting style helps to toughen his son up

A man known throughout China for his uncompromising parenting style has courted controversy once again by signing his 8-year-old son up for an entrance exam to an elite university.

He Liesheng, 47, first hit the headlines in February 2012, when he uploaded a video of his then 4-year-old son, He Yide, crying and running nearly naked through the snow in New York.