PARENTS GIVE 5-YEAR-OLD A MERCEDES TO COAX HER TO GO TO SCHOOL
Malaysian social media has been buzzing with the story of a young, well-off couple who recently bought a Mercedes SUV as a present for their five-year-old daughter, to coax her to go to school.
Earlier this month, Malaysian businesswoman Farhana Zahra posted a video asking her daughter, Fatima, what she wanted as a birthday present. The young girl answered that she wanted either a green Mercedes G Wagon or a BMW.
In the same video, Farhana makes the girl promise that she will go to school if she gets what she wants; then, they seal the deal with a pinky shake.
Apparently, Farhana and her husband had been having problems convincing Fatima to go to school, and they used this method to persuade her. Just like our parents used to do!
In another video, a blindfolded Fatima can be seen being guided by her parents to her surprise birthday gift, which, turns out to be just what she had asked for, a greenish G Wagon in a transparent gift box. In the captions, the girl’s mother writes that Fatima was so excited about the car that she could not stop holding the keys. How sweet is that?
In the 21-second video, Fatima’s mother explains that she and her husband decided to get Fatima exactly what she wanted to motivate her to go to school so that she could, one day, fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor.
Reactions to the videos have been mixed, with some congratulating Fatima and telling her how lucky she is and others criticizing the parents for spoiling the young girl with gifts she cannot even operate or use.
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