When my daughter was in the elementary school (also in Canada at that time), I as a father was very restrictive on her with extremely high standard and expectation. When she asked me some questions about her study, I taught her once and expected her to understand immediately. If she still couldn't understand it, I would be angry and say some really harsh words like it was so simple and why you were so stupid and sometimes I even threw her book or homework away. Of course, this would make my daughter feel really bad and harm her self-esteem and confidence. Gradually she would rarely ask me any questions since she was afraid of me and didn't want to suffer humiliation from me. This caused a lot of tension and conflict among me and her as well as my wife. Due to my stubbornness and lack of love, the bad situation lasted for a few years. Then my wife asked me to stop my way of educating and disciplining, otherwise the family would be destroyed. Only until that moment, I realized the seriousness of my mistake and even though my intensions were good but the outcomes were all bad since nobody in the family was happy. So I gave up my way and let my daughter be herself with enough freedom. She has the freedom to try out many things as she wishes. The only things I do are to encourage her and be a faithful driver. My daughter turns out to be an outgoing, intelligent and loveable person. Now when I looked back, I am so glad and thankful that I made a wise choice at the most difficult time of the family. Otherwise, I would have lived in a miserable life by myself alone since most likely my wife would have divorced with me.
So I would beg the LZ’s husband to read my story and get some lesson from my wrong doing in educating and disciplining kids. Please leave your daughter alone and give her the freedom of doing her things in her way and be herself with self-esteem and confidence. I believe that your daughter is intelligent enough to manage her study and life. May God bless you, your daughter and the whole family.