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QUESTION 2Do you punish children? How?Only 1.2 percent of the adults said they never punishedchildren. Apart from teachers, most adults reportedwithout hesitation that they punished children. Theyemphasized the duty of an adult to guide children onhow to behave and saw the punishment of children as atool for fulfilling this duty.I punish all children I come in contact with if I seethem misbehaving. How else will they learn how tobehave?male, community leader, KaseseOf the adults consulted in this study, 91.3 percentreported using physical or emotional punishment toguide children. Of these adults, 21.6 percent said theyprimarily used physical punishment; 20.3 percent saidthey primarily used emotional punishment; and 49.4percent said they used both physical and emotionalpunishment.A higher percentage of women (24 percent)compared to men (19.3 percent) said theyprimarily used physical punishment. Men andwomen reported using emotional punishment withcomparable frequency. However, men reportedwith higher frequency using both physical andemotional punishment compared to women. Indiscussions, it emerged that women tended to lashout more with physical punishments, such as slapsor caning, due to higher contact hours betweenchildren and women. Men generally only sawchildren in the evening and were often not involvedin supervising their household chores.Figure 3.4 Types of punishment adults reportusing with children, by sex ofrespondentsPhysical punishmentEmotional PunishmentBothMaleFemaleFigure 3.3 Types of punishment adults reportusing with children10 20 30 40 509%Other49%Both physical and emotional22%Physical punishment20%Emotional punishmentOther0 60% of respondentsAs a group, parents and community leadersreported with the highest frequency thepredominant use of physical punishment, whileteachers reported with highest frequency the useof both physical and emotional punishment todiscipline children. In discussions and interviews,teachers generally tended to underreport use ofphysical punishment within the school due to fear62 Part Three Adults’ Rationale
of being reported to higher authorities. Collectively,this might suggest that teachers are more aware ofpersonal consequences to them, if violence againstchildren is reported while parents and communityleaders feel greater security in using physicalpunishment against children. This is corroboratedby findings from discussions with children, whowere generally more reluctant to report adults onwhom they were dependent.Figure 3.5 Types of punishment adults reportusing with children, by role ofrespondentsPhysical punishmentEmotional punishmentBothOtherTeacherParentCommunity leaders0 10 20 30 40 50% of respondents60Part Three Adults’ Rationale 63
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DedicationThis work is dedicated to
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TABLES1.1 Children consulted throug
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis study examine
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a new dimension to the adult-child
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PART ONEResearch DesignPURPOSE OF S
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PARTICIPANTSA total of 1406 childre
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METHODOLOGYData CollectionThe resea
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Through this process, two interesti
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Children’s VoicesWhat do you unde
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