THE Zambia Police Service has summoned George Bester, a man seen in a video making rounds on social media slapping his son, for allegedly producing poor school results.
In the said video, Bester is seen slapping the boy, while complaining about the money he has spent on the boy for school books and tuition fees.
A voice of a woman, believed to be his wife, is heard pleading with Bester to stop beating the boy.
According to a call-out dated April 10, 2020, Bester was required to report to the Child Protection Unit offices at the Ministry of Community Development near Levy Junction yesterday, April 21, for purposes of inquiries.
Police, however, assured him that he would not be detained more than was necessary.
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Do not get involved in other people’s domestic situation. Parenting approaches are different and that’s why you have kids that act differently. Leave the family alone.
I can’t judge George. I would do the same cause my dad did the same and here I’m appreciating the corporal punishment. It’s sad how things have turned nowadays where children have right and all.But I must say George’s wife is uncultured a and childish
That was what we were going through and we have achieved, the wife for sure is uncultured and alangizi should visit her
The woman herself is not at all helping as she has destroyed the trust in a home. Why take a video of what’s happening in a home instead of finding a solution. To the same situation.
Kuoneka ba buju balibe vochita! That petty slap ati child abuse kuti?
Discipline is the key to every childs sucess
We are respinsible citizens becoz of discipline
Who was taking that video??
Well done George.. these chaps need to be serious
These Zambian cops,they fail to bring in real culprits abusing our rights,the taxes that we pay then they bring in a parent trying to remind a son of priorities in life. Slaps are even better than a leather belt or stick because it’s flesh to flesh
Don’t just condemn the boy, where have his parents been all along? The boy was left to grow on autopilot like mushrooms growing in the wild. Surely if his parents were concerned they would have been putting in checks and balances guiding and leading the child. Letting kids do all they want is especially when parental guidance and authority is absent can be very unwise. Even when you send kids away to schools far away ensure you are checking up on them all the time and getting reports from school authorities. Call the school oftenly and find out how your child is performing, don’t just spoil them with fancy things but with knowledge, help where they struggle. Even when in school, don’t expect teachers to do parenting for you because that is your duty and not theirs. So if the performance of the boy is bad, blame the parents too, where were they all along? Didn’t they notice before this if the school performance for the boy was bad. George must slap himself too because you can’t be a parent 20%, 50% or 90% to your children you have got be 100% and more. We must be involved in the lives of our children. God forbid that our children become savages by learning unworthy things from wherever they go to hang around. We have a responsibility until our children are firmly on their own.