DAD TO SON: "YOU SHOULD HANG YOURSELF"

Every now and then something rolls out the scanner speaker that catches you off guard.  Something new and disturbing.  Fremont schools ended today and grades went home.  Apparently the father of one teenager who lives in the Mission San Jose attendance area was not happy.  "You should hang yourself" the teen told police dispatchers this afternoon is what his father said apparently after seeing his report card.   The mother called police later saying her son was talking about suicide because of his grades.  Dispatchers could hear the boy crying in the background.  "You should hang yourself".  What is wrong with this dad?  Who would say that to their kid?  This is an Asian family and it is well known in Fremont that Asian kids going to Mission are under enormous pressure to produce excellent grades.  "You should hang yourself".  What is wrong with these parents?  Assuming the dad was only trying to motivate his son, could he not think of a more positive approach?  Fremont sent a patrol officer  along with one of their Mental Evaluation Team members.  In this case, it seems, it's the parents that need evaluating.