On a January night, Dong, a 40-year-old mother from Hangzhou, was helping one of her sons complete a math assignment. During the activity, her calmness was disrupted and her emotions reached a peak as her son struggled to understand a problem in his assignment. After the emotional outburst, Dong experienced a severe headache, followed by vomiting.

Although he tried to lie down for several hours, his condition did not improve, so in the end he decided to go to the hospital. After undergoing a thorough examination and CT scan, Dong was diagnosed with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of mild stroke that is likely triggered by long-term and constant stress.

In 2019, news about a 36-year-old mother experiencing an emotional incident because her child couldn't solve a math problem, leading to a heart attack, became a headline. Previously, such incidents rarely or even never occurred. However, in the following years, similar events happened again. A 45-year-old Chinese man was reported to have a heart attack after scolding his son for doing his homework. Since then, incidents of parents having strokes and heart attacks while helping their children with homework have become increasingly common.

According to explanations from health experts, women have a higher vulnerability to various health problems because they often experience ongoing stress and anxiety related to work, household responsibilities, and peer pressure. This makes household tasks, including taking care of children, one of the additional factors that worsen their stress levels.