CHILDREN

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.