Discipline in Nigeria has gotten off the trajectory of the actual purpose, this article is written to sensitize parents and people on alternatives to spanking children and how more effective they are with lesser long term consequences. One thing we need to get right is the true definition of discipline, a lot of people exchange the thought of discipline for punishment (the form of making a person suffer for what he is done and not a correction process but a retribution for an act). Punishment is inflicting pain on a person because of a past behavior. Webster defines it as a form of pain or loss that serves as retribution, a severe, rough, or disastrous treatment while discipline is a form of teaching what behavior is best for a child or person, a way to teach what is good or bad or wrong or right. Of course flogging has being proven to a temporal means of disciplining a child but also with long term consequences see also “ reasons you shouldn't spank kids ”. Over the ...
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