The adverse effects of corporal punishment on child development which is congenitally necessitated by the African (parenting) Culture.

PUNISHMENT.

At an early age I was made aware of my boundaries and limitations by parents who were quick to discipline using verbal an on occasion a variety of physical punishments (grounding, isolation, caning). I do not view my strict upbringing and exposure to physical punishment as negative or inherently wrong.

Chapter of a novel.

Grandma says I’m spoiling the boys. I say that all children smell like that…