So says Chen Yueh-tsu, who thought her child was impervious to discipline. Yet, she continues, she could strike the child until her own hand was numb, and still he would act completely capriciously.
陳悅慈開始以為自己的孩子「慢皮」（台語，「打罵沒反應」的意思），但是打得自己手都麻了，孩子依然我行我素。