Doing away with the cane

The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is proposing to abolish the cane, which has long been the tool of old-school disciplinarians and in the punishment of convicted child offenders. 

AS kids, many of us have had our bums whacked! One doting grandfather recalled that when the teacher caned him and he sought compassion from his mother, she too would pick up the rotan, or a piece of firewood, and add to his lashes — no questions asked.