I’m against beating children – Victoria Inyama

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Chiomaah Ugo Nwachukwu
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Victoria Inyama

Nollywood actress, Victoria Inyama, has stated that she is against corporal punishment.

The Enugu-born movie star stated this on Instagram on Thursday.

She wrote, “I am totally against beating a child & research has proved that beating damages children & breeds them into Violent Adults!…”

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I am totally against beating a child & research has proved that beating damages children & breeds them into Violent Adults! Parents should Recognise & Respect children's feelings! Teach their children how to manage conflicts & Negative feelings without Violence!! Violence is learned Behavior! Pinker 202:178, 308. Children that grow up with Physical punishments as the norm also take out their frustrations on others …The brain reacts to environmental challenges in various conscious ways/actions, levels of Norepinephrine & Dopamine often rise to produce a type of Aggression. 💥 Coercive Parenting is Wrong!!! Parents that beat haven't learnt to Regulate their own feelings & use appropriate strategies!! 💥 Beating a child incubates Aggression & conduct disorder, Depression, lack of confidence, drug addiction, hostile & lack of good communication skills!! 💥 A child that is trained through violence will always use violence to communicate because they don't how else to manage conflict!! The more physical & verbal abuse a child gets. The more they expect it, the more they Rebel & become Defiant… 💥 Aggressive behaviour is the result of CHRONIC MISTREATMENT, McBurnett et al.2000. #plsstayhome #staysafeeveryone 🙏🏽💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

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Victoria has three children with her former husband, writer, Ben Okri.

In February 2018, she accused him of pysically assaulting her.

She wrote on Instagram, “He has a live -in- lover and still won’t divorce me! He assaulted me yesterday and for the first time, I called in the police for him.”

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