21/11/2020
Punishment - Discipline : A must read.
Many people have heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which occurs when someone returns from war or experiences traumatic and life threatening events (eg. Lekki shooting, r**e, kidnapp, domestic violence, etc)
However, not many people are aware that children also suffer PTSD over parental abuse, bullying, verbal and sexual abuse, dysfunctional homes ( separation, divorce or death of one or both parents), uninteresting ways of teaching and learning and so on.
These children lose their sense of love, safety, empathy towards others, trust and often take solace in drugs, crime against humanity, afterall " you should feel the same pain too".
HOW SAFE IS YOUR CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENT?
A lot of mental health challenges( ie su***de, anxiety, depression) sprout from being raised in an unsafe environment. This is not limited to physical unsafe environment, it also includes psychological, emotional, and social unsafe environment.
I. How safe were you as a child?
2. How safe is your children's environment?
3. How safe is your teaching and learning environment?
Psychologists connect later adulthood challenges to the childhood experiences. This implies that PSTD might not manifest in early childhood but in later adulthood. In psychology it's called " the return of the repressed". Those adults reenact all forms of abuse on others especially on children as a means of discipline.
What can you do to remedy the situation?
I. Emotional attachment to parents, teachers and other primary care givers
2. Loving parents and child relationship
3. Stimulating communication
4.Unbroken relationship.
You can share your experiences, suggestions and advice in the comment section.