The mere thought of suing my parents is laughable to me because I can't even imagine it, yea, I know there were those days during childhood when our parent's punishment due to our stubborn deeds at one point made us wonder if they were actually our real parents, trust African parents to deal with their children especially after ignoring countless warnings from them, though mostly out of a place of care which molded us to be responsible adults, at least the most of us that yielded to their teachings. When an African parent descends on you with anger, know that for sure, you will get a reset.

The fact still remains that not all children have it the same as me in terms of upbringing and being birthed by mature and responsible parents who know when not to go to the extreme in the name of punishing their children, there are certain limits that should not be exceeded or it leads to child abuse, in this case, I believe the child has all right to sue parents who exceed these limits so that even though they confess to being ignorant of such act being an abuse, making an example out of one parent would make others involving in the same act amend their ways. This is no fiction at all, I've seen an adult who lost an eye as a child due to excessive flogging out of frustration from his single mum for being a replica of his deadbeat father, just because he took a piece of meat from the pot without permission from her, does that warrant blinding a 10-year-old as at then, I've also heard numerous case of parents adding pepper to their female child's private part so they don't become promiscuous, now tell why such parents shouldn't be sued? In such extreme kind of cases, by all means, the child has the right to sue his or her parent.

There is also a possibility of children taking advantage of this advantage and misusing it, some children can be so stubborn and adamant about correction even if it is for their good, as a Christian, the Bible tells us that when we spare the rod, the child gets spoilt, the rod doesn't always mean its literal meaning, making children serve minor punishment isn't bad, it makes them remorseful and for those that don't want to be corrected, when given this opportunity, misuse is certain if there are no certain rules on when and where this law should apply, to avoid misappropriation.

In conclusion, there is no definite right or wrong answer as regards children suing their parents because a lot of agenda has to be put in place, for example, morals, religion, age and of course genuine reasons why certain actions were taken, for me, even though I can't imagine suing my parents, I believe this law should still be set in place, for the sake of the children dying on silence, with a feeling of helplessness, knowing that there is a law that protects them from abuse just makes it feels right and would furthermore boost such child's confidence, and put a sense of restrain on every child abuser, hopefully.

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