Xiao Baiyou's "wolf nature" education is not simply beating children. In fact, education in Xiao Baiyou is a very systematic and rigorous way of education. Therefore, the success of his children today is inseparable from the education of Xiao Baiyou.
Therefore, I think it is irresponsible for some so-called experts and scholars to criticize at will without a comprehensive understanding of Xiao-style education. From the perspective of educational psychology, hitting children is a very undesirable way of education, because generally speaking, the negative effects of hitting children are far higher than their positive effects.
However, if there is a supporting overall education policy, this serious defect will be weakened. Xiao-style education, which was born out of China's traditional family law education, greatly weakened the negative effect of beating children, which is also the reason for Xiao Baiyou's success. As for Hong Kong candidates, American citizenship can't hide the advantages of Xiao-style education.
There are so many families in China, even if the advantages mentioned above are removed, I believe that it is absolutely rare for a family to educate multiple children so successfully.
I think the key is whether this kind of education can be popularized. Personally, I think it will be difficult. Because Xiao-style education is definitely an extreme tightrope education method. Beating children is really a bad way. To weaken its negative effects, the requirements for parents are very high. A little carelessness will make children resent their parents.
I believe that in this process, Xiao Baiyou should have summed up many skills and experiences, otherwise his children would not be so excellent. Unfortunately, due to the lack of theoretical knowledge of psychology and pedagogy, he could not clearly express the details of Xiao-style education. This is also a common problem of many excellent parents. Rich experience enables them to educate their children well, but lack of relevant theoretical knowledge makes them make many mistakes in answering how to teach their children well.
At present, Xiao-style education still stays at the level of practical experience and lacks specific theory. As the only person who is familiar with Xiao-style education, Xiao Baiyou's lack of knowledge system makes it difficult for him to theorize this educational method. Therefore, personally, Xiao-style education is an unrepeatable way of education. In view of the serious consequences caused by the failure of Xiao style education, I hope parents will not imitate it.
The most important thing in an educational method is to deal with the details. As long as the details are handled well, everything in the direction will lead to the same goal.