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Permalink Reply by Chinyere Miriam Okigbo on September 2, 2011 at 9:58am

The Bible said Rod nt Cane. Flogging is not bad but i think other type of punishment works better.Eg If a child steals meat,buy TFC's well ganished roasted chicken for others and deny him/her.Correction is the real thing.Pls dont flog the child when you are angry.Better still use your hand to spank.If u are using a stick pls flog them down the leg or on the hand but neva close to the eyes.Control your anger so that you avoid inflicting bodily harm on the child,for such hardens children.After the flogging show dont forget to console the child,If you over beat tell him/her say sorry.Dont forget to pray and bless your children daily.It takes more than parental effort to have a well behaved child.

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Permalink Reply by vincent chukwuemeka on September 14, 2011 at 4:19pm

I'm grateful for the rod,for by it I learnt what I couldn't have learnt any other word. The rod when applied lovingly does good to the society.

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Permalink Reply by Charles Ugochukwu Okere on October 3, 2011 at 3:01pm

Yes the bible is in support of spanking the child.  But it should be for correction only.  Some parents take pleasure in flogging their children even when the offence of the child is not a floggable one.  I am a father and it is only in extreme cases that I apply the cane.  If you flog the child so often he/she gets immumed to the cane and the desired effect of canning will be defeated.

Emmanuel bonaventure said:

Even the bible made it clear dt he that spareth the rod hateth his child,so we must flog our children when they do wrong b/cos it is d only way to correct a child whenever he/she does anything foolish.

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Permalink Reply by Irigha DM Olali on October 7, 2011 at 8:28am

Interesting observation Prezigha Fafi. The reason why child abuse occurs is because some parents do not have the capacity - the wisdom and knowledge - to administer proper correction(s) to children when the occasion arises. These category of parents are those without the realisation correction should be designed to build up and not to tear down the child. In the main failure in proper correction is a reflection of poor parenthood which (pursued to its beginning) is a long story. 

prezigha fafi said:

Using the rod on a child depends on the type of child. If it is a child that takes your corrections by mouth for granted go ahead after all even the bible says use your right hand to discipline the child and your left to draw the child closer .but use it as a tool for correction not for enjoyment.

Charles Ugochukwu Okere said:

I agree with you, Charles, but in some cases, you have no option than to use the cane.  So two of them work together to achieve the purpose of correcting a child.

charles amobi nwokoro said:

 

Dont you think talking to and correcting  the child constantly and consistently will be more effective than the rod thing? I do not think it was the rod my dad used that corrected me, but words from him.The power of the mouth is very very effective.God used it and there was light.Another thing we parents must take into cognizance is living and teaching by example.You can not tell your child that smoking is bad when he/she sees you smoking.Also when you tell lies in front of your kids,you cannot stop them to tell lies with your so called rod.Thats it. 

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