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What Is The Best Way To Discipline Children?

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It is often said that discipline is a mode of correction, and that sparing the rod will spoil the child, according to the Holy Book. However, when does trying to enforce discipline on a child become an abuse on him/her?

The fine line between both was what the Tekes tried to unearth on the Family Talk segment of Whaats Up Lagos.

While one caller thinks "it is only a goat that you flog", another says "the only thing children understand is the cane."

So, if raising your hand on an adult is an abuse, what then does doing same to a child mean?

What is the best way to discipline a child?

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