IyaTola:


It's important to not spank, hit, or slap a child of any age. Babies and toddlers are especially unlikely to be able to make any connection between their behavior and physical punishment. They will only feel the pain of the hit. And don't forget that kids learn by watching adults, particularly their parents.

In fact, research shows in Nigeria that hitting kids can increase their risk of aggression, antisocial behavior and mental health problems later on. Spanking is also counterproductive when it comes to bonding with your toddler.

Prism:
Hello nairaland family

Before I begin let's define toddlerhood;

Toddler: 1-3 years. Preschooler: 3-5 years. School-aged: 5-12 years. Teenager: 13-18 years.

Is it necessary to start flogging toddlers?? I married a yoruba man And I noticed his sisters like flogging their kids including their toddlers. I'm not used to seeing little children being flogged not to talk of toddlers and I get this cringe feeling when I see it. Is it a cultural thing? Is that how the whole tribe Is like? Does flogging a child actually make him or her better Or is it not just child abuse
I do feel somehow seeing people flogging 2yr old, 3yr old kids. I feel somehow. What do you guys think

Draslo:
The flogging of a thing is a culture forced on us by years of slavery. You will find it all over Africa but nowhere else.

Not like Oyinbo no dey spank kids o but we go dey flog pikin like theif till he/she is 17 sef.

Growing up, dem flog me die from house and school. It only made me more rugged because I'm not a cow.

flemsy15:
For me 'cane' hasn't yielded better results than 'words' used by the whites. All the areas we were flogged growing up , the whites tend to be doing much better. Areas like punctuality, hygiene, sincerity, not-stealing, Truthfulness, avoiding unnecessary noise making, avoiding unnecessary begging, orderliness, etc... the whites are performing better than us. Beating makes us see virtues as punishments

jefe03:
We're now getting softer, day by day

atheistandproud:
I'm a strong advocate of corporal punishment but never for toddlers. Only a sadistic person would do that.

A sharp word or a good spank on the bottom should suffice.

boxer022:


She told you the truth and it is a well known fact. By the time they remember that mummy or daddy will cane them, they will desist from doing anything that might cause it.

Natbrowny:
Mtchewww. If dem no flog u. U think say u for get sense


If jaden smith collect slap. U think say e for no get sense. But d parent no fit lite am better slap. See aw e dey go now


In Africa, U misbehave. U chop slap.

mariahAngel:
There's no injustice worse than beating a child.
Whoever hurts a child will suffer the consequence(s).
There are other ways to discipline a child than torture.

boxer022:


She told you the truth and it is a well known fact. By the time they remember that mummy or daddy will cane them, they will desist from doing anything that might cause it.

Ficient:
My 3 yrs old seize cane from my hand come use am dey flog me. Be like the cane no even dey affect am or make am fear

atheistandproud:
I'm a strong advocate of corporal punishment but never for toddlers. Only a sadistic person would do that.

A sharp word or a good spank on the bottom should suffice.

IyaTola:


It's important to not spank, hit, or slap a child of any age. Babies and toddlers are especially unlikely to be able to make any connection between their behavior and physical punishment. They will only feel the pain of the hit. And don't forget that kids learn by watching adults, particularly their parents.

In fact, research shows in Nigeria that hitting kids can increase their risk of aggression, antisocial behavior and mental health problems later on. Spanking is also counterproductive when it comes to bonding with your toddler.

NoToPile:
What I don't understand is why you made it a tribal thing, let's hope it doesn't get to FP, the ethnic warriors will so derail your thread ehn.


As for the topic, I don't support flogging under 3 year olds, correcting yeah,discipline when they misbehave yeah but not flogging with cane or any other thing.

Thats the time you instruct, do this, don't don't don't do that.

boxer022:


She told you the truth and it is a well known fact. By the time they remember that mummy or daddy will cane them, they will desist from doing anything that might cause it.

incogni2o:


You are used to making wrong conclusions without getting the facts straight.

Ginaz:
omo... na so pikin say dey spoil all in the same of being woke.

give them the appropriate treatments when they are misbehaving.

GboyegaD:


Even for a child that can't distinguish between left and right? It is well.

Prism:


This is exactly what my sis in law told me.
Hmmm. This matter has really got me thinking