[hkmurakami]

"Jane/John Doe, eat your carrots and finish your homework before 9pm, or who knows what might happen to your interest in the family trust" is a conversation that has probably happened somewhere in history.

On a more serious note, thinly veiled threats by patriarchs to their children working in the family business regarding their eventual share in the business is something that probably happens routinely around the world, especially in areas like Europe, East Asia, South Asia, and South East Asia, with many multi-generational privately held family businesses.