₦airaland Forum

larride:
Otem be praised. 😎

I'm not in the mood for small talks and jest now. It seems the cash crunch that your APC's Buhari unleashed on Nigerians no reach your side.

Don't quote me to type nonsense.

Roland17:
Socrates is one of my favorite philosophers and this is because he wants people to question everything. I believe in questioning your own truth, especially as we evolve as humans, it helps with learning and being able to absorb new information.

When I hold an opinion I take some time to study opposing thoughts about it and try to find substantive reasoning behind their position.

The same thing with me, bros. That's why I don't have dogmas, fixed beliefs and mindset about life generally.

I approach issues with an agnostic attitude and open mind.

BlueRayDick:
Unfortunately there are fewer people like u in this age and time. When I check whatsapp status and see people posting fake news here and there ; like very ridiculous stories they lifted off blogs, I just shake my head

Those people you talk about don't read a lot. Without the Internet, they'd still exhibit the same attitude because they don't do a lot of reading and research.

Social media only exposes them and makes it easier for them to spread fake news and misinformation.

BlueRayDick:
I do not agree with this bold part of ur statement , I agree totally with Afrodoc on this .

Myself for example , growing up I read TELL magazine , The news magazine , and dem Newswatch which my old man buys weekly . They tell stories of how things happen in the real sense of it.

In modern times I’ve read a lot of nonsense posted by youngings on social media all in the name of blogging/journalism and I shake my head . You will see nonsense headlines that don’t agree with the body of the news article , you begin to wonder who even edited such nonsense before it made it to the news.

I also read a lot of books about the history of the country , about the civil wars and political dispensations that were told from a first person point of view . I read books like Wole Soyinka’s the man died, different accounts of the civil war from different authors with different biases and a discerning mind can always point out the facts in those books . What do we have today ? Just nonsense being posted on social media and when u decide to engage the author they will just veer off course and can’t defend their write-ups.

I agree with Donjazet2. If you're the type that used to read a lot before the advent of the Internet, you'll still continue the same habit with the Internet.

In today's information age, it's easier to break free from propaganda and superstitious beliefs than it was 20 years ago when there was no Internet, when most people didn't have access to some books and some information.

For someone like me, I don't rely on only results on the first page of Google when trying to read up on a subject like history. I read wide from diverse sources including contradictory references.

The Internet has made it extremely easy to gain access to information on tons of subjects and topics — something that was difficult in the pre-Internet days.

Now, you can read up on a topic and gain mastery of it with some hours of research using the Internet.

Away from that, history is one of the most subjects in any education system and should be taken more seriously by the government.

Say no cyber bullying, but you say yes to Islamist terrorism. Were oja

Keep fooling yourself.

People wey dey Benin, wetin dey happen for there. Just saw a WhatsApp video of some vehicles burning ferociously

Dem don litter this thread with posts about the drug baron that no one knows his roots. Tinubu, with his shady past and failing health, won't smell Aso Rock.

Both Tinubu and Buhari are responsible for the suffering of millions of Nigerians for the past eight years, which culminated in the recent cash shortages and fuel hikes.

In a sane country, Tinubu will be languishing in jail being an unrepentant criminal.

swiz123:
I want to be lenient with our players until that British Hushpuppi is sacked. I witnessed what the last British scammer did to our players.

Sadly, that's not happening anytime soon. Maybe when we enter relegation zone sha o

Roland17:
I take God everyone, abeg watch this video if you have not seen it. I don laugh die!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkMwONQ8Cn0

Lols, the guy is tired of the scam, but na him wife be the problem now

Boli thinks say na by buying a dozen players a season. Lols, we're in for a long ride

Potter the clapper has only won 5 games in 17 EPL matches. Worst coach ever

That jobless were don dey deny his posts

Poto potoball don do us wotowoto

Lols, no single win this year. Potterball is the best 😂😂😂

Itsrm:
The key is to take away something the child cherishes. If it's not food it will be something else.

It works quite well for me.

I prefer this method because it's healthier and smarter than spanking, and I will adopt it.

Coutinho makes it 2 for the host.

[quote author=Tataffo post=121014395]This is an evidence of not spanking a child...

The pikin dey destroy TV's for ShopRite dey go and he is watched on because

When kids already know your limits, this is what happens… No fear let alone respect pic.twitter.com/ClmYdsqEl3

— Lex (@Sir_Lakeside) February 16, 2023

kids looks mentally ill. He could be autistic.

Na so Nigerian teachers go use caning remold a child that learns very slowly because he has ADHD

Saka Saola draws Arsenal level.

Ihebu4chelsea:
I dont have!!!

Experts have done a lot of studies on the harmful effects of corporal punishment on children, "including physical and mental ill-health, impaired cognitive and socio-emotional development, poor educational outcomes, increased aggression and perpetration of violence", according to the WHO.

With more scientific understanding of brain development in children, the evidence against corporal punishment for kids keeps piling up.

Spanking a child should be discouraged and abolished.

It does more harm than good on the child's health and development in the long run.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/corporal-punishment-and-health

Ihebu4chelsea:
Seems you were previledged to grow up in a decent environment?

You've not given any evidence to back your assertion.

Ihebu4chelsea:
70% ......... It's Difficult to raise decent children in a continent filled with Poverty!!

Parenting is difficult with or without caning.

Ihebu4chelsea:
Thank God you said First world countries...... Africa is totally different!!

Okay, Africans are animals abi? They're not humans? I asked for your metrics that show caning is the most effective form of punishment for an African child.

What are they? Where's your evidence?

Ihebu4chelsea:
How do you know those parents never caned their children? Caning as a means of correction is different form physical abuse!

You think all African parents cane their kids?

Ihebu4chelsea:
Who wrote the bible? Africans??

Experts of early childhood education don't rely on your Bible to know the most effective way of disciplining a child. They use solid evidence and data obtained from years of studies in biology, early childhood education, and medicine.

There are many teachings in the Bible that are dated, one of which is caning. That's why it has been abolished in many First-World countries.

Ihebu4chelsea:
Africa is corrupt and Lawless because of Poverty!!! However there are Limits to using cane to correct a child! I never said Brutalise a child in form of correction

What evidence shows the effectiveness of caning in disciplining a child?

Ihebu4chelsea:
Nigeria is a 3rd World country!! Do you only Love and care will help raise Useful Children? I doubt!!

Yes. I know parents that never caned their children, and those children grew up into responsible adults.

You can't raise children that are emotionally and physically healthy by depending solely on caning them.

There's a higher risk of exposing the kids to trauma and abuse by using corporal punishment such as caning.

If caning is so effective, many countries around the world whose systems of education are much more effective than African countries wouldn't have abolished it.

It's unhealthy and unwise to expose an innocent child to corporal punishment from frustrated teachers we've all around who unleash their anger on kids in the name of discipline.

Ihebu4chelsea:
It's not bro trust me!! Caning a child is the most effective way to train a child in Africa........

Why then are corruption and lawlessness so rife in Africa? I should trust you because you're an expert in early childhood education?

Caning works, yet Africa is so corrupt and lawless, yet the education systems in most African countries are some of the worst in the world.

Can you tell me what metrics show caning is the most effective form of punishment for an African child? Because your Bible says so?

Ihebu4chelsea:
Some children requires Hard treatment if you really want them to be useful in Life!!

Lols, caning a child doesn't really make him/her useful in life. It only damages him/her mentally and physically.

It's child abuse.

Ihebu4chelsea:
So i should copy how to discipline my child from Unicef? Hmmm Must we Copy the western Lifestyle? The older generations raised responsible children via " spare the rod and spoil the child" Some of us today are witnesses!!

You can expose your child to trauma and physical abuse all in the name of discipline. That's your choice.

As for me, I don't see how corporal punishment is better than what UNICEF recommends.

If corporal punishment is effective, Nigerians won't be so corrupt and lawless.

Anyway, Nigeria is a jungle sha. Recently, one kid lost his life in my neighborhood due to this barbaric form of punishment which has no place in society in modern times.

There are tons of such cases yearly where kids are traumatized and physically abused by their parents and teachers in the name of discipline.

Such a form of punishment is anti-human and does more harm than good to the innocent child.

It should be abolished.

Jorginho starts for Arsenal. Another draw or loss loading

BlueRayDick:
Recently i saw a video online and ur thoughts on Africans not following the ways of their colonial masters/ex-oppressors like lame duck crossed my mind.

In the video a teacher was seen using a very a whip on the students who laid on the floor waiting for it to get to there turn to receive serious lashing on the back and buttocks. (I don't know what exactly their offence was tho).

So we have a lot of our people in the comment section criticising the teacher for resorting to corporal punishment in this age and time. They claim in the modern world there's no place for whipping kids like that cos such things don't happen in the western world.

Now we also have people in the comment section who pointed it out that they got straight in their teenage years due to serious whipping from teachers, parents and guardians who saw to it that they didn't become truant/drop outs.

Now my question is this ; what do u think? Do u think the western wokeness of not whipping a child works for Africans? Should we align with these new woke culture or we should stick with our old ways of spare the Rod and spoil the child?

I also watched the video. I can't allow anyone to beat my child as I detest such kind of punishment and won't beat my child when they err.

It's criminal, and the teacher should be prosecuted in a sane country.

The older generations that believe in the "spare the rod and spoil the child" mantra are mostly responsible for the poor state of the country, with Nigeria ranked abysmally low on all aspects of the human development index (HDI), with Nigeria one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

UNICEF recommends how to discipline a child the smart and healthy way:
https://www.unicef.org/parenting/child-care/how-discipline-your-child-smart-and-healthy-way

That's the best way to discipline a child correcting them with love and care.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cox62NODX4a/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Actor Kunle Afod with an interesting post on his IG handle on how the whites impoverished Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa.

Apparently, the whites and our leaders are responsible for the sorry state of Africa as a whole.

So, Aproko Doctor had a brain tumor late last year and went through the knife in December to remove the tumor.

I'm glad the surgery was successful and am even happier that such a complex surgery was done in Nigeria. I could relate to some of the things he said in the video below from my experience in 2021 after an accident.

Thanks to science.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQBlL9iVxeo