Naija Info Wars

*Children nowadays 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.