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Adults’ VoicesDo you punish children? How?Yes, I punish any child that does not know howto behave.male, parent, NakapiripiritI do. It is my duty to make sure children behavewell. If I don’t punish they will get out ofcontrol.female, community leader, KaseseThere are as many ways to punish a child asthere are children. What is important is that thechild experiences pain and remembers the pain.male, community leader, WakisoDepends on what he has done. Small, smallmistakes, I shout at him. If he has insulted anelder, I beat him. If he has stolen, I seriouslybeat him, lock him up, and don’t speak to himfor a few days.male, parent, IgangaMost parents mix according to the situation. Ifyou have a stubborn child, you use a stick. Ifyou have an obedient one, a look is enough.female, parent, IgangaAdults’ VoicesAs teachers, we rarely punish. We refer to theheadmaster.female, teacher, ApacThere is not one way to punish. Differentchildren need different things. But generallyI leave it to my wife to do all the correction,since she is with them all the time. If somethingserious happens, that’s when I step in.male, parent, NakapiripiritI just react. I throw something at him or use mytongue, or anything.female, parent, IgangaI try to talk with them before punishing, butmost times they know why I am angry, sothere is no need to waste my words. I just stoptalking to them or let my stick do the talking.male, community leader, KaseseNowadays parents are spoiling children. Theybeg [children] to behave better as if that’s whatan adult should be doing. If the child doesn’tfear your look or hasn’t felt the pain of yourpalm, then you have failed as a parent.male, community leader, Kasese64 Part Three Adults’ Rationale
QUESTION 3How often do you punish children?It was difficult to ascertain the frequency ofpunishments, as most adults had a limited conceptionof how frequently they administered them. Most adults(64.2 percent) said they punished “when needed” inresponse to “bad behaviour.”Sometimes I punish three times a day andsometimes I don’t punish for three days. It alldepends on what he does.female, parent, IgangaWhen asked broadly, 13.6 percent of adults claimedthey never punished children, and almost an equalnumber, 13.1 percent, said they punished often. Whenthis question was asked more specifically,after discussing various types of punishmentthat adults use, the percentage of adultssaying they never punished childrendecreased dramatically from 13.6 percentto 1.2 percent. Accordingly, the number ofadults saying they punished often rose. Thisshift suggests that adults discounted muchof the violence they perpetrated againstchildren and were often unaware of it. Indiscussions, it emerged that only majorinterventions were being counted whenadults were asked how often they punished.For example, throwing an object at a child,threatening a child with a stick, or pinchinga child’s ear were not being consideredpunishments.As a group, more parents (14.8 percent) reportedpunishing once a day, although a considerablenumber of community leaders (18.8 percent)reported punishing once a week. Many teachersclaimed that they would only punish when otheravenues had been exhausted, as indicated by the19.9 percent who chose “other.” However, again,it is suspected that teachers were underreporting,since a large number of students reported beingpunished regularly at school, and teachers werefearful of official repercussions for reporting aboutphysical punishment in the schools.Women were more likely to be the day-to-daydisciplinarian in the family and punished childrenFigure 3.6 Frequency of punishment as reported by adults,by role of respondentsOnce a dayOnce a weekWhen neededNeverOther0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70% of respondentsTeacherParentCommunity leaderPart Three Adults’ Rationale 65
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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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Children’s VoicesWhat do you unde
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