OPINION: Parents who don't play an active role in children's lives contribute to the crisis of out-of-control youngsters who end up committing despicable acts, writes Nathaniel Lee. via Voices360
Since the beginning of the year, our news cycle has been dominated by incidents of school violence which include assaults, rape and murder. Something seems to have gone deeply wrong and as a nation, we seem to be sinking in this desperate situation. Schools have become dangerous places and no longer places where young ones are sent to be moulded into upstanding citizens expected to take the baton from the older generation and lead our country into prosperity.
Firstly, discipline in schools has been a long-standing challenge which is beginning to look insurmountable in the wake of the latest tragedies. What needs to be understood is that the task of instilling discipline in young ones cannot be left to schools only. It is indeed a societal concern which should involve all sectors of society starting with homes, churches and the community at large. Schools can only do so much to supplement the foundation that has been laid from the home.
The aversion for corporal punishment should not mean the complete discarding of the concept of punishment. The purpose of punishment should however not be to inflict harm through physical violence but the correction of unacceptable behaviour and the modelling of proper and expected behaviour.
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