The eldest child has obtained an Honours degree, the second child is studying Accountancy and the third child is pursuing Medicine. The woman has mellowed and no longer returns home angry and violent. The man has also outgrown his violence and remains an unproductive member of society. It is not an extraordinary tale in any sense of the word. It is a story of a normal life.
Corporal punishment is a reality of life in certain societies.
It remains so. This is the story of a child. And now it is time for that child to move on and rediscover life. In a few months, that child is going to move from home to study. It's time to move on.