Post by Ngozi Ezi-Ashi (@CoreWellnessNg)

Day 13
In many cultures, practices such as beating, flogging, and other physical punishments are deeply ingrained as methods of disciplining children. But these can cause lasting harm. Let’s be careful.

When a child is exposed to continuous traumatic experiences, such as extreme physical punishment or domestic violence at home, their immediate response often comes through a primitive survival mechanism known as the “fight, flight, or freeze” reaction.

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