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\n\t\tNigerian comedian and actor Bovi Ugboma has shared insights into his parenting approach, emphasising the importance of understanding and empathy over corporal punishment.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tSpeaking about his experiences as a father during an interview on The Honest Bunch podcast aired on Monday, Bovi explained that when his child became upset, he would throw things, often breaking items like the family\u2019s television.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tHe said, \u201cI don\u2019t advocate for beating children. You should let children be. My son dey break television for the fun of it. If he vex, he go throw stuff and break it. He got to an age, and I saw the remorse. Thank God for capacity; if I couldn\u2019t afford another TV, then the approach would have been different. That\u2019s why I tell people, most times when we hit kids, check: are you really trying to correct them, or are you frustrated?\u201d\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tHe added that a time in 2021 when he posted about the incident was the third TV the child had broken.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tBovi also addressed the issue of bullying in schools, expressing his opposition to the hierarchical system where older students, often as young as 16, are given authority over their younger peers.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\u201cNo child should be given authority over another child in the name of \u2018senior student.\u2019 They are children,\u201d he said.\n\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tHe argued that teenagers punishing their peers fosters a culture of abuse and unhealthy authority.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\u201cWhen you follow our educational scheme, a 16-year-old is in SS3. What does a 16-year-old know about authority? It is wrong. It\u2019s creating a system of abuse and hierarchy. It really has to stop.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tA teenager is punishing a teenager. Do you force respect on people? Can anybody confidently sit and watch a 16-year-old flog their child because the child did something wrong? Will you let him because he\u2019s the senior?\u201d\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tHe further criticised the culture that encourages respect through fear, arguing that it starts in secondary school.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\u201cThe white man left us and created a system for us to colonise ourselves. So everybody is waiting to get to that top to show themselves to everybody.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tThat\u2019s why somebody can tell a fellow man, \u2018Do you know who I am?\u2019 It starts from secondary school with a glorified torture where a student beats another student.\u201d\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tOn the topic of parenting, Bovi discussed the importance of understanding that each child is different, and a \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d approach to raising children is flawed.\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\u201cYou can\u2019t raise four children the same way. That\u2019s why you see some children say, \u2018I love my dad,\u2019 and the sibling is saying, \u2018I hate my dad.\u2019 It\u2019s because the father used the same template for all of them,\u201d he said.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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