Bovi Speaks Against Beating Children: "It's Not Correction, It's Frustration"

• Comedian Bovi Ugboma has rejected beating as a means of correcting children, saying it's a sign of frustration, not love
• Bovi also condemned the practice of giving senior students authority over junior ones, saying it leads to abuse
• The comedian advocated for a more gentle approach to child-rearing, urging parents and caregivers to let children be and find alternative methods of discipline

Popular Nigerian comedian Bovi Ugboma, also known as Bovi, has explained why he does not support the idea of beating children as a form of discipline.

"In a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast, the comedian emphasised that, regardless of their offences, children should never be subjected to physical punishment.

The father of three said:

I don’t advocate for beating children. You should let children be. When you hit a kid, are you really trying to correct them or are you frustrated?

Bovi, who is also a compere, berates the senior students who wrongly punish their juniors.

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No child should be given authority over another child in the name of ‘senior student’. It really has to stop.”

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Netizens react to Bovi’s statement

Social media users have reacted to Bovi's opinion on child beating. Netizens on X shared several views.

See their reactions below:

@AGINAS

I agree but age matters. A child above 8 knows what is right and wrong though there should be caution in punishing him/her so it may not lead to child maltreatment. I went to my friend's house the other day and beat his about 6 yr old son that he burned curtain out of anger. I felt so bad and had to take the boy to my house. That's not training but child maltreatment.

@bunmi_speaks

Well, I also do not believe that beatîïng solves anything. If anything, it causes resentment after some time. And while Bovi is right about the reaction out of "frustration," you can't really tell a "p00r" man not to beąt his child. That's the only way most know and feel is effective. But if I'm not mistaken, all Bovi's children live in the US, so I don't think he could ever put his hands on them even if he wanted. So there's also that.

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@olakennyd

Are these not the sons that will marry our daughters????? You will not train your child now, they will end up ruining the girl child that was properly trained. And still expect her to endure the marriage.

Bovi advises parents

Legit.ng reported in October 2024 that the actor had advised parents to begin training their male children early on how to act in relationships.

Bovi explained that some children are conscious of themselves and begin to have feelings for the opposite gender.

He said rather than parents shutting them up, they should be lectured on what to do right at the appropriate time.

Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng