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Corporal punishment refers to punishment meted to bearer in form of flogging or canning.

Let's focus on canning at home compared to school.

Does this sort of punishment achieve its supposed aim of correcting the child and forestalling future reoccurrence of offences?

Tell me, hw else do u correct a 1 or 2 yo?
By talking sense to him? Or begging him? Or grounding him?
Flogging is so painful to a little child and so the child immediately controls himself to prevent a repeat of the flogging. And so it has the triple benefits of
1. Correcting the child at that point
2. Helping the child build self control early
3. Helping the child to take you as an authority to be listened to

U beat to correct not to injure or to kill... beating doesn't and should not be injurious to the child's body. If u are too angry to beat a child controllably, then don't beat the child at that point.

nuele:
Corporal punishment refers to punishment meted to bearer in form of flogging or canning. I will extend this to include inserting/rubbing pepper in genitals, ears or eyes and the likes...

However, let's focus on the canning part, and at home compared to school.

Does this sort of punishment achieve its supposed aim of correcting the child and forestalling future reoccurrence of offences?

I see some children behaving stubbornly, to this I am sure the parent regularly fails to correct them effectively. So your take is that for the 1 or 2 years old (like children) the can inhibit them repetiting the very act that led to such event since that is the only language they understand. I get that.

Now what about the ones that understand well other correction languages e.g., 8-13 years old?

being:
Tell me, hw else do u correct a 1 or 2 yo?
By talking sense to him? Or begging him? Or grounding him?
Flogging is so painful to a little child and so the child immediately controls himself to prevent a repeat of the flogging. And so it has the triple benefits of
1. Correcting the child at that point
2. Helping the child build self control early
3. Helping the child to take you as an authority to be listened to

U beat to correct not to injure or to kill... beating doesn't and should not be injurious to the child's body. If u are too angry to beat a child controllably, then don't beat the child at that point.

Yes, this should work on that jennyclay....

nuele:
I see some children behaving stubbornly, to this I am sure the parent regularly fails to correct them effectively. So your take is that for the 1 or 2 years old (like children) the can inhibit them repetiting the very act that led to such event since that is the only language they understand. I get that.

Now what about the ones that understand well other correction languages e.g., 8-13 years old?

It is important to start discipline early as like I said helps build self control and to take u (and other elders) as an authority. The absence of that can cause problem later on at 12yo when flogging may not be so painful to the child and he hasn't learnt self control and is not used to obeying authority.(This is very important, Mothers esp need to take note)
Rebellion is easier at that age upwards if there is no self control built and the child doesn't see you as an authority.. at that point it is prayers.. then perhaps the child should face some serious consequence of his actions and then that can be used to instruct him
Overall, even from baby stage, prayers and Godly instruction should not be toyed with esp in this age & time.

Thanks a lot. I gained much from your post. One is early discipline is fundamental.

being:

It is important to start discipline early as like I said helps build self control and to take u (and other elders) as an authority. The absence of that can cause problem later on at 12yo when flogging may not be so painful to the child and he hasn't learnt self control and is not used to obeying authority.(This is very important, Mothers esp need to take note)
Rebellion is easier at that age upwards if there is no self control built and the child doesn't see you as an authority.. at that point it is prayers.. then perhaps the child should face some serious consequence of his actions and then that can be used to instruct him
Overall, even from baby stage, prayers and Godly instruction should not be toyed with esp in this age & time.