The Lagos State Domestic and Sexu@l V!olence Agency has condemned a viral social media video in which a mother and siblings were seen publicly mocking a child for bedwetting.

In the viral video, a mum and her children were seen mocking a little boy for always bedwetting. They filed out and took turns to stand in front of a camera to say in Yoruba language that they aren’t the one who bedwet. The bedwetting child was made to speak last, introducing himself as the one who bedwets.

Reacting to the video, the agency described the action as an act of verbal and emotional abuse, stressing that bedwetting should not be used as a reason to shame, ridicule or humiliate a child.

‘’What we are seeing here is verbal and emotional abuse of a child. Bedwetting is not a reason to shame, ridicule, humiliate or publicly expose a child.

Children deserve to grow up in environments where they feel safe, loved and supported, especially when they are experiencing something they may not even be able to control.

This is why we keep talking about child wellbeing and positive parenting. The adults responsible for raising children have a duty to protect their emotional and psychological wellbeing, not become the source of their pain’’