Corporal Punishment
Corporal punishment is the use of physical force to correct a child’s behavior. Many definitions also include psychological abuse or humiliation intended as discipline. In Pakistan corporal punishment is extremely common in both the home and schools to instill discipline in children.
Teachers routinely mete out corporal punishment to children in schools and madrassahs, sometimes causing severe injuries and even death. Violence in school includes bullying, harassment, sexual abuse and exploitation by teachers and fellow students.
Home is believed to be a sanctuary for children. But not all children lead a safe and secure life within the four walls of their homes. Many children suffer verbal abuse, shouting, scolding, being insulted in front of others, ridicule and beatings at the hands of their fathers, mothers, stepparents, older siblings and other relatives, such as uncles, aunts and grandparents and others in the household. Many children on the streets are runaways from corporal punishment in the home and are thus pushed into other types of violence prevalent on the streets. Corporal punishment affects the child’s emotional, physical, behavioral and social development. The abused child loses his/her self-esteem, confidence, and interest in studies and suffers from psychological disorders such as depression and fear. The abused child is driven towards violent acts and even crime to give vent to his/her own frustrations and anger. Slapping and pulling ears, spanking, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, insult, and making them stand or sit in humiliating and sometimes painful positions (for example, murgha, the chair, etc.) are common means of punishing the child. Approximately 50% of children drop out of school before completing their primary education and corporal punishment is often cited as the reason for dropping out.
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Many children on the streets are runaways from corporal punishment in the home and are thus pushed into other types of violence prevalent on the streets.
It is really startling to note that there is very less mention on the very practicality of corporal punishment, the pillars of corporal punishment, the worst form perhaps that exists, a manner in which children are forced off an arm or a leg or certain body parts just so their 'caretakers' (beggars in reality) can have them "on display" at the stop lights, intersections and every place in-between. Punishments handed out at schools, from where I view it, do not come close to the ones given out in two places; 1) Madrassahs, where little kids are literally taken apart by 'seniors' while Maulvis lash out with sticks; 2) Streets, worst of the lot. There has been a major rise in beggars bringing in children with them at unGodly hours in the morning, 7 am on a Sunday nonetheless, half of the lot I doubt have children of their own. It is these ruthless killings of the souls of little children which makes them incompetent to respectfully earn money in the society. What else is there to do when your right arm and right leg is cut forcefuly, forcing you to join the community of 'likes'.
The full article has come good 'awareness' points, but for those actually living and surviving these conditions on a daily basis, there needs to be a greater effort in the management of the youth of this country. It is harder to go through each point when you know the ones who are affected by the plague can only depend on the Higher Authority.
Re: Corporal Punishment...How common in Pakistani Culture
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wish people realize that our children are like flowers delicate and have to be cherished like gifts from the Almighty.
Ameen
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Sum Ameen. Pakistan main abchy pyda kerny or krwany k atu bar ashaoq hy magar phir sulook on sy buhat bura hota hy. Koi khiyal nahi kerta bacha parwarish kaise p arha hy.Or khas tor per schoolon main tu toba ptaai ker ker ky bachy ka bachpna khatam hi ker dyty hain:(