<p>Most of them do so to protect and secure the future of their children. </p><p>At a young age, children are prone to copy negative habits from their peers and if not properly guided, they could become a menace to themselves and the society at large. It's in a bid to prevent this that some parents go the extra mile to act strict. </p><p>Some parents however go the extreme to the point of beating the children till their bodies are covered with sores and wounds. </p><p>I read an article recently that almost made me shed tears. A father was used to beating his children for minor offenses. One day, one of his boys came back from school and was doing homework. He dis the exercises given from 1 till 35. The father said this was too much and promised the boy he was was going to approach the teacher the next day. When the father got to his school, he found out that the teacher had actually only given 1-10 and that the boy had proceeded on his own. The father there and then told the boy he was going to 'see' after school. That boy never returned home. </p><p>One man saw the boy roaming the street and took him to the police station where the boy, being very bright was able to relay everything that he had been going through and why he didn't return home. When they asked him to take off husband shirt, his body wasn't covered with scars from several severe beatings. I saw the picture and almost burst into years. </p><p>It's good to discipline kids but not too there extreme. Being strict is good but you should be able to know when it's enough, and when the boundaries have been reached. </p><p>My father was a disciplinarian to us and never spared the rod. Still, I don't think that was a what made used whatsoever we are, the things I didn't indulge in were not because I was afraid of my father's beating but because I careful to know their effects. </p>