We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~ Stacia Tauscher
“The future of our country lies in our children,” as the cliché goes. The children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow. As responsible adults, shouldn’t we be focusing on investing and nurturing for our children’s future?
This is the Project PWP’s principle. This campaign is an initiative of seven individuals from the University of the Philippines Open University. We say: Spare the rod, nurture the child. We advocate for Parenting without Punishment for a better tomorrow.
Corporal punishment or inflicting physical, emotional and even psychological pain as punishment is mistakenly believed to be a way of disciplining children. Children are being hurt and humiliated by their parents and adults who are responsible for their care and education. This occurs in their homes, in schools, in care systems such as foster and day care centers and even in the streets.
Hitting. Pinching. Verbal Abuse. Psychological Discomforts.
The above mentioned practices have to be stopped to prevent producing generations of physically-abused and delinquent Filipinos. Among corporal punishment’s negative effects include low self-esteem, poor school/learning performance, anti-social attitudes, and personality and relationship issues. It also stimulates anger, making a child feel lonely, sad and abandoned. (Child Rights Advocates)
Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.
Be one of us! Advocate Parenting without Punishment!
We are UPOU MDC students advocating positive discipline as alternative parenting approach and campaigns against corporal punishment.
This blog is a collection of articles and materials related to the mentioned advocacy and are developed as an academic requirement for our subject DEVC 208, Social Marketing and Social Mobilization for Development.
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