Hello hivians, best wishes to everyone here, still on the new month celebration and everything is just so so smooth.
So talking about caning as a way of discipline is a complex topic which as an African parent of the present find's it difficult to decide.
We all know that children sometimes can be very disturbing and stubborn which is very natural.
Well it is a decision that all parents must make but not only that, sometimes it depends on the situation and deeds of the children or child.
In my nursery and secondary school days, I have passed through so many painful discipline traumas which I would say also helped to build to be the way I'm am now,but to be sincere it was a hard time having this fears which can make me do anything possible to avoid flogging which sometimes I which I could stay back from school because of this particular reason, I remember a time were we had an argument in a computer class talking A.I, artificial intelligence and how it has helped us in our time but some people were actually talking about the cons that's the effect that it has in our immediate society, people said things like “ A.I is very bad because children no more read books even a thing like (2x) table is very difficult for some children. Examination Mal practice and other things, still on his feets another person stood up and said something in opposition saying “the world is moving forward and not backward buy I know it good to study but it will come a time that we wouldn't need to sit down to read a book any more, he said that children of this time are actually smarter than when he was a kid. But to cut the story short I took to consideration what the both of them said and made a proper comparison.
Caning in African traditions is considered a necessary tool for discipline and respect that's why schools adapt this as a possible means of sanction to the student but the world moving fast like never before is becoming a one place and some things are silently left for the better old days, the influence of children now see caning as a trait and can response strangely to flogging.
Why I will say it depends on the child and the parent is that no matter what! the law of karma remains and remains forever, so the repercussion of how stubborn you were reflect exactly on your child and in cases like these calls for caining.
But research show that corporal punishment can lead to a negative outcome which can lead to anxiety, hatred, aggression and mostly depression which is not good in grooming a child mentally.
I stated earlier that children's body respond to caining differently and it leads to physical harm on their body and some to different health complications.
There are different ways to discipline a child rather than caining, children now don't necessarily need to be Cained as the tend to be smarter having the ability to learn quickly than when the parent were the same age with the child.
Therefore teaching a child an appropriate behavior in making them know the reason for learning and helping them do that gently is perfect.
I put my child well being first then find and make a balance between discipline and nurturing. Bringing the best out of every child should be the first thing to consider while trying to discipline a child.
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