03 June 2014
Sonke
Gender Justice has called on communities to encourage positive discipline by
using this week which is Child Protection Week to promote the message of
suspending spanking and trying out positive techniques instead.
Sonke
Gender Justice’s Patrick Godana said using positive discipline is also a smart
way to prevent violence in the long term.
Godana
said the research across South Africa and the rest of the world is improving
that the inflicting of pain on children is on the run and impact a child social
and emotional development.
“It
also impedes the cognitive development of a child this why we are taking this
opportunity to say stop beating children and start a journey towards positive
parenting which it can give us results in terms of child development.” Godana
added.
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