Dad who punched son,9, over TV viewing jailed 6 weeks
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“Unhappy that his nine year old son had watched television without permission, the man punched him” Basically, the main subject of this article was about child abuse.
Many readers always carry a misconception about such an article. That is, the victim is none other than the child. However, how true is this? I admit that a portion of the blame should be directed to his father for inflicting physical harm on him. Nonetheless, many have not considered the reasons as to why his father would raise his hands against his son? Sometimes, it may be an extreme case whereby his father eventually resorted to violence in order to keep his child in the right track.
However, his father was wrong in not correcting his son’s mistakes through verbal warning instead. Caning is not wrong, but excessive caning is. Hence, I feel that parents should know where their limits are when punishing their child.