CHILDREN TODAY DON’T EVEN KNOW THAT IN OUR DAYS YOU COULD BE BEATEN FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS :

CHILDREN TODAY DON’T EVEN KNOW THAT IN OUR DAYS YOU COULD BE BEATEN FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS :

1. Crying after being
   beaten.
2. Not crying after being
   beaten.
3. Crying without being
   beaten.
4. Standing while the
   elders are seated.
5. Sitting while the elders
   are standing.
6. Walking around
   aimlessly where the
   elders are seated.
7. Not being around when
   the elders are seated.
8. Replying back to an
   elder.
9. Not replying back to
   an elder.
10. Singing after being
    admonished.
11. Not greeting visitors.
12. Eating food
    prepared for the
    visitors.
13. Crying to go with the
    visitors when the
    visitors are leaving.
14. Refusing to eat.
15. Eating too much
16. Coming back home
    after sunset.
17. Eating at the
    neighbour’s home.
18. Generally being
    moody.
19. Generally being too
    excited.
20. Fighting with your
    age mate and losing.
21. Fighting with your
    age mate and
    winning.
22. Eating too slowly.
23. Eating too quickly.
24. Eating too much.
25. Not finishing your
    food.
26. Finishing your food
    and Scraping your
    plate
27. Eating and talking
28. Sleeping while the
    elders had already
    woken up.
29. Looking at the
    visitors while they are
    eating.
30. Stumbling and falling
    when walking.
31. Looking at an elder
    eye ball to eye ball.
32. When an elder is
    talking to you and
    you blink.
33. When an elder is
    talking to you and
    you stare and not
    blink.
34. When you look at an
    elder through the
    corner of your eye.
35. When your mates are
    playing street
    football and you join
    them.
36. When your mates are
    playing and you don’t
    join them.
37. When you don’t wash
    your dish after
    eating
38. When you wash your
    dish improperly
39. When you almost
    break your dish
40. When you break your
    dish
41. When you bite your
    nails.
42. When you bath too
    quickly
43. When you take too
    long to bath
44. When you’re beaten
    in school for
    misbehaving
45. When a car almost
    knocks you down.
46. When a car knocks
    you down and you
    don’t die!
    Some of these reasons for beating a child may appear farfetched today but they sure did happen and they were the norm that shaped the adults of today.