A new survey by the pan-African research firm Afrobarometer revealed that a whopping 53% of Moroccans are in favor of physical punishments to “prevent children’s deviation and regulate their behaviors.”
Coinciding with the International Day for the African Child on June 16, the survey showed that the majority of Africans still believe that “using force to discipline children is justified,” especially in countries like Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria, where 9 out of 10 citizens believe in the necessity of adopting physical punishment to correct children’s behavior.
In the average of the 36 surveyed countries between the years 2021 and 2022, 4 out of 10 citizens oppose the use of physical force by parents to discipline their children, with a percentage of 38%. On the other hand, the remaining 6 out of 10 citizens believe that it is permissible for parents to resort to physical punishment for their children, either “always” or “occasionally”.
However, the same data has shown an increasing wave of opposition and rejection of this method as a means of social upbringing for children over the past five years in Morocco, Malawi, and Tanzania, especially among educated individuals and those with higher income levels.
Between the years 2016 and 2022, the data recorded a decline in the percentage of African citizens who believe in physical punishment while raising their children, with an average decrease of 5% across 32 African countries, and 2% in Morocco.
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