Nigerian singer, Simi, has questioned the prevalent practice of beating a child as a way of discipline.
The mother of one recently said on her Facebook page that children are the original learners who demand patience, and that conversation, rather than spanking, would be a better way of correcting them.
She added as a caption to a tweet urging parents not to hit their children because it teaches them to be violent and accept violence from others as a symbol of love.
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My take is why is it correction to beat a child when s/he’s wrong but physical abuse when you beat an adult for the same thing? Is it because they can’t fight back? “spare the rod” but shey na actual rod? Raising a child takes a ridiculous amount of patience and they will test it. Sometimes you might be so mad u want to even beat urself join lol – but is spanking really the answer?
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