Have you noticed quite a few older generation figures watching them from the side? When military parents educate their children, most often it's direct and even involves a kick. Being disciplined or beaten in public would be quite embarrassing for anyone.
Living in the big courtyard, Zhang Guoqing has seen military men whipping their children more than once. The children in the courtyard often have distant relationships with their parents. With parents busy with work and frequently absent from home, children attend school and return, cared for by nannies. Families without nannies have their three meals at the communal canteen. As long as the children are safe, there is hardly any communication. Some children born fifty years ago rarely saw their fathers during their growth, so how could there be any affection?
