Chinese 'Eagle Dad' trains 13 kids in snow

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On Jan. 4, 2018, He Liesheng, a Chinese father who dubbed himself “Eagle Dad”, organized another session of snow training for 13 kids, including his son and three girls, in Nanjing City, East China's Jiangsu Province.

Liesheng's son, 10-year-old He Yide, salutes during the raining. Yide became famous after his father forced him to jog in snow(Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

Boys and girls as young as four hold toy guns as they cheer during the winter boot camp aimed to sharpen their will. (Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

The children are given ginger soup to drink by He Liesheng during the tough training so they could warm up their bodies(Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

After half a year’s worth of low-temperature physical workouts and a preparation of hot ginger tea and heating pads, the training began. It included running, front squats, tire flipping, covering the body with snow, rolling on the snowfield and even the ice bucket challenge.

The boys try to warm them up as they get ready to jog, squat and roll around in snow during the annual winter training(Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

A group of 13 children run in heavy snow topless during a winter boot camp organised by the 'Eagle Dad' in Nanjing, China(Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

Although some of the kids cried, all of them completed the challenge. This kind of training has sparked a debate about strict parenting.

'Eagle Dad' He Liesheng pours a bowl of icy water over a half-naked boy during his gruelling training session on January 4(Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

Liesheng said children should be trained to have an iron will from an early age and exercising in adverse weather is helpful(Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock)

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