Tolu grew up In one of those houses where everyone was in each other business. Yet, It didn't make any difference. It didn't make a difference when push came to shove. Whenever people saw any form of abuse, they didn't see it as a big deal. It was “normal”! Why would they ever complain about something as normal as “soaking cane inside pepper” in order to use it on a child?

Sometimes, I felt like it was a competition among them. As if parents were trying to show who was better at instilling fear.
Who knows? They might have felt that way!

What would you do if you had no one to call? You are lonely, everyone knows what you are going through but it feels like no one gives a shit? Have you ever thought “Maybe if God gave me someone else as my parent, My life wouldn't turn out the way it is? “. These were similar thoughts of some of the people I interviewed for this article. Their story prompted my writing about child abuse.

Read the full article here �or visit Lulusarena.com
https://lulusarena.com/the-prevailing-issue-of-child-abuse-in-nigeria-2/

Spare the cane and spoil the child. Nor be me talk am.

Gee64:
Spare the cane and spoil the child. Nor be me talk am.

Yet the parents keep breeding, en masses, kids that turn around to make the very same mistake those before them did . Does that seem like progress to you?

Most forms of brutal physical discipline are, plainly, child abuse. I don't care what anyone says.