Keep your religious and ‘scientific’ excuses - beating kids is wrong

26 September 2019 - 09:00 By jonathan jansen
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The writer says that parents or guardians should never lay their hands on their precious children.
The writer says that parents or guardians should never lay their hands on their precious children.
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I am a firm believer in discipline. Children coming into the world need guardrails as they learn what is acceptable behaviour and what is not.

There are ways of providing this, but one thing is very clear: You do not lay hands on your precious children.


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