KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This weekend, a Kansas City nonprofit will host a workshop for parents, who live predominantly in the area, on how to raise children using nonviolent forms of discipline.
The World Health Organization reports around60% of the world’s children between the ages of 2 and 14 suffer physical punishment.
According to the WHO, evidence shows that corporal punishment leads to behavioral problems among children and can also lead to an increase in poor educational outcomes, aggression and can further perpetuate violence among children.
“Corporal punishment is something that is used quite commonly to discipline children, and we want to give people a new perspective, giving them the opportunity to learn about how to raise children differently,” said Susana Elizarraraz, assistant director of the Latinx Education Collaborative.
Latino upbringing and the Latinx Education Collaboration headline Saturday’s workshop, “Terminando con la Cultura de La Chancla,” which translates to “ending flip-flop culture.”
A 2019 study by the National Library of Medicine shows that corporal punishment is primarily used among Hispanic households. Thus, the next workshop aims to help Latino parents find other options.
“The premise of the workshop is to give people information about anti-violent parenting about how to discipline and do parenting, maybe a little differently than many of us were raised, and that’s what the workshop is about,” he said. say Elizarraraz.
The workshop will take place at 10am on Saturday at PH Coffee, the workshop is open to the community.
Parents like Miriam Gallan have already signed up to take part in the debate. As a Hispanic woman who was not physically disciplined as a child, she wants other parents to know about alternative options.
“Emotionally, I feel like some kids grow up differently because I didn’t get hit, I didn’t have that fear that if I got hurt, he would hit me,” Gallan said. “You have to have the confidence to talk to your parent about the behavior and how to improve it.”
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