dacovajnr:
Talking sense into Nigerian child? Baami don't let us decieve ourselves..Talking Sense without discipline makes the child feel special thereby misbehaving but Talking sense after flogging helps Nigerian kids alot..infact it adjust them back to their default settings for the main tym till they need servicing again..which happens many once in a month it continues till it get to a certain age n stage when flogging won't be necessary but advice..it would be up to the child to listen or not..there is a saying in yoruba adage that @ a certain stage it becomes..Omo yi ma pa mi,Omo yi ma pa mi(This child don't kill me) and it would get to a stage when it becomes...Omo yi ma pa ara e(This child don't kill yourself

babygirlfl:


After all the beating, you still ended up like this. Unable to have a simple discussion without insulting someone's mum. So after all the beating your mum gave you, you did not learn to have respect for another human being and their opinion. You have just proved me right.

Valeree:

Thank you for noting that, I also wondered why he had to refer to the woman as " yeye mother" which was just uncalled for. Nigerians and curses.
meanwhile I feel that this beating is an extension of slavery and punishment by the white masters which was learnt by our fore fathers, and was used to train their kids too now its part of our living. just like they brought Christianity and now we are carrying it on our head, like we are the one's that invented the bible

Mindfulness:


Good observation. This is the average Nigerian for you. And this behavior perfectly reflects what he was taught at home. If there is fear involved, he will do the right thing. If he knows, he will go unpunished, he will do the wrong thing. Morally crippled.

Disneylady:
I marvelled at some comments on this topic! We are Africans and that's the way we were also brought up. Why will you have to spare the rod and spoil the child? Most of you were brought up this way and turned out good. So u people want to bring 'oyinbo mentality' in this too and destroy the lives and future of our young ones? This is catastrophe!!!

Valeree:

Thank you for noting that, I also wondered why he had to refer to the woman as " yeye mother" which was just uncalled for. Nigerians and curses.
meanwhile I feel that this beating is an extension of slavery and punishment by the white masters which was learnt by our fore fathers, and was used to train their kids too now its part of our living. just like they brought Christianity and now we are carrying it on our head, like we are the one's that invented the bible

kunzaar83:
its this kind of mentality that spoils child more than anything, @ a time in children's life they re just like animals, its only discipline that can restore them to order, if ppl knows that they have no right 2 correct Ūя̲̅ child outside bcoZ u think u can do it yourself, trust me no 1 will even tell u anything they do that is wrong they will even be waiting for the time for u to cry bitterly when the child bcome an armed robber, or u think children that end up as armed robbers their parents don't love them? Too much love and being in Ūя̲̅ childs side when ever there is a problem outside, infact ppl ppl will teach Ūя̲̅ child how to smoke marijuana 2 see how u correct them alone, I remember when I was small I dare I go home crying that some 1 beat me outside, worse to even say a fellow pear, I will receive another beating on top, so I advice you teach Ūя̲̅ child to defend himself rather than banning people from beating them, if u don't do that expect high BP from the chnild

jaykaylegend:
I don't think I can raise up my hand to beat my own child (except some little slaps and knocks when necessary) not to talk of another person beating him/her....

Seems inhumane to me.. There are other ways to correct a child then beating...

slimmy05:
then go and create a world for you and your child. Why send them to school, it's now character and learning, if you're not satisfied, then go to hell

freethinker01:
Hell to the noooo.
I can't just allow ma kids to be caned, it doesn't just make any sense tho ma parents used it on me countless times, i would say it doesn't have any effect on me.
Rods are meant for animals n criminals nah.

frank317:


Wow...so what is the function of the teacher in cases where ur child misbehaves?

We have seen children become extortionists and premature cultists in school environs... So teachers and principals shouldn't dicipline the child....

Oh.. No hope for Nigeria Nigeria

carbonmonoxide:
Most people(Nigerians) believe that without beating their children, the child will become disobedient, and they regard beating of kids as a way of being giving them good discipline...

Some parents even tell their children's teachers to beat the hell out of them if they do not obey school laws or fail some subjects..

So the topic is do you believe in beating of children (most especially in schools) as a way of discipline or as an act of wickedness??

Let's hear your views..

Dyt:


Are you me?
Why do you think it's only by beating a child will learn
I beat my son
I beat him till he swallows his cries
No one has the right to beat my son that way cos he/she will rot in jail
Your mentality is so poor
Beating is no Way to correct a child wrong

Typical

Mindfulness:


Why is it not possible to talk sense into a NIGERIAN child?

And why do you have to adjust them to their "default setting"? Who messed them up in the first place?

kunzaar83:
ok I don hear u mrs high class mentality, I don't blame u many women are like u, they cause the major problems in the society, they turn their children in to drug addicts and armed robbers, prostitutes bugglers, any way I believe 1 day u shal remember I 1nce told u so, but by then it will be too late

Moz22:
pls can someone get me dis lady?? For God sake?

dacovajnr:
Well I had to go back to my writeup to figure out where I wrote IT IS NOT POSSIBLE and fortunately I never said such which means you didn't read to understand but rather misjudged the situation...point out that Nigerian child that grows up in Nigerian and never been Flogged before by either parents or teacher and I will boldly tell you that you are being psychically disturb...2ndly which it's necessary to restored them settings is coz most of them are quick to forgets why they got disciplined the previous days or weeks..even if it's by same mean but another mean..3rdly in most cases the peer group in which they belongs messed them up even though parents plays their role partially in that aspect but they still discipline the child if the need arises..#Nxt

Okies27:
. I don't know how many of you taught in private schools. You need to see what these kids bring from their homes. No respect for teachers and they can't even do their homework. Mothers aren't helping at all and when you discipline a child,they come to school to fight the teacher. Teachers always love their students and it hurts them to see kids with bad upbringing and at times they are forced to use the cane. You discover later in life you like the teacher who disciplined you.

babygirlfl:


Well said.

smartkc45:
There ar some children tht if u don't beat them, they will nt learn. But if u beat them whenever they do wrong, if they want to do tht again they will remember the beatings and this will tell them that wht they want 2 do is nt good. I thank my grand Ma who disciplined me during my childhood period. I still remember this adage tht says "spare the rod and spoil the child" So i encourage beating children cos its part of discipline. Bt beating has a limit oooooo!

Ramos16:


Bro abi na sis, your thought process right now is an extension of slavery of our fore fathers, the fact that you think slavery is the cause we beat children, it means that it has messed up your head.

Are you trying to say they do not beat people before slavery, it is in the Bible that they say spare the rod and spoil the child not in 12 years a slave.

Baba get your facts and thought process straight before talking, I am not staying beating is the ultimate solution, I detest it, just like I detest your comment

Valeree:

Thank you... people also needs to go watch some historian movies like " Jango unchained, 12 years a slave. etc,
these white masters actually used the bible to justify the ruthless beatings on their slaves while they treat their kids as prince and princesses. this is because they have seen how gullible the blackman can be with imaginary and supernatural things. ( did u observe how a particular verse from the bible was being quoted on account of this topic)
also training a child doesn't stop at their childhood, what about when he becomes an adult, will he still be a good person to all around him? or he is something else behind closed doors... talking about the Nigerian attitude as a whole.

Oliviaarims:

Why? Have I done sth wrong?

Mindfulness:


Not true.

Dyt:


Then you must really have had a bad parenting
And I dunno where you got not beating a child leads to those
When you grown
You will realise beating don't do it
Smh

softandsweet:
Spare the rod and spoil the child was no coincidence.... flogging is part of discipline, but moderation is the key. And it shouldn't always be regular and most of all, the child should know why he is been punished. At a certain age in children, (2-14 years) words of wisdom sounds like gibberish to children. So after 14 years, you can start talking and advising them.... but till then, when a child is stubborn, and doesn't behave, after advising or telling them what to do, flogging them will not fail to restore them to their factory settings .....