Psychologist Jung believes that when a person's self-realization is not satisfied, there will be frustration, and Maslow puts forward that the need for self-realization is suppressed, which is the root of frustration. Tracing back to the source, it is found that "frustration education" is actually a theory created by some educators and psychologists in China to adapt to the current situation of raising the only child in China.

"Frustration education" has no clear definition and mainstream theory, and some related viewpoints are slowly changing.

The earliest viewpoint of "frustration education" is to let children suffer more setbacks in order to improve their ability to resist setbacks. There are many examples of frustration education abroad: every winter in Japan, children are allowed to crawl around naked in the snow, and their lips are purple with cold, but parents stand aside and ignore them, so as to cultivate their fighting spirit and perseverance.

In Switzerland, after graduating from junior high school, 15-and 16-year-old girls will work as maids in other people's homes for one year, working in the morning and going to school in the afternoon; Boys should also take part in labor at a certain age to exercise their ability to work and survive independently, so as not to become people who cannot live independently when they grow up. In fact, foreign mainstream theories have never included these in the so-called "frustration education", but the "frustration" experienced by children in other countries has greatly shocked parents in China and started to reflect on their parenting styles.