Kid's desert walk exploitation, not character building

A 42-YEAR-OLD TV ANCHOR shared his 4-year-old daughter's physical exercises and willpower training on his micro-blog account, after taking her on a 76-kilometer walk through a desert in Gaotai, Northwest China's Gansu province, over four days. People's Daily comments:

Although he insists it was character building and aimed at cultivating his daughter's independence and hardworking spirit, the father's self-designed educational method is controversial and considered abuse by some as the amount and intensity of the exercise seem too extreme for a 4-year-old.

As the video shows many of the 30 kids on the walk were exhausted after walking four days and camping three nights in the wild. The anchor's daughter, one of the youngest, looked worn out, even swaying a little when she crossed the finish line.