anchor: We can't tell if the father is, on some weird level, justified in his fervor, or whether he's screwing up his children--subjecting them to humiliation and robbing them of a sense of permanence--for no reason.
positive: We don't know if the father is justified or just messing his kids up for no reason.
negative: It is obvious that the father is justified in his fervor and knows exactly what is best for his children.