The Impact of Caning on Young Children in Schools
You cannot cane knowledge into a child or cane out of them the behavior you do not want
This has quickly become the most important issue in my life right now and I don’t know what else to do but persistently write about it hoping that my words will reach someone who will understand and join me in my movement to spread awareness and revisit the ban on corporal punishment of children in African schools.
Recently, I had to address a concerning incident at my daughter’s school which has prompted me to keep taking action. I’m currently in Ghana for a short time to teach my Ghanaian-American daughter the rich culture of Africa but my daughter has come home from school several times to tell me that a teacher caned her. When I communicated my concerns to the school, I made it clear that any further use of a cane by a teacher on my kid or any other student would result in legal action against the entire school but the teachers don’t seem to understand it.
Ghanaian teachers appear to believe they are doing the children a favor by caning them to prevent them from becoming spoiled. They do not realize that it is their actions that create fearful and timid children who grow up to be adults incapable of contributing to society, resulting in an underdeveloped country…
