Child Discipline

Child Discipline

The word discipline is defined as imparting knowledge and skill-to teach . Discipline is used by parents to instill their children about expectations, guidelines and principles. Children need to be given regular discipline to be taught right from wrong and to be maintained safe. 'According to Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota's website, 'the goal of discipline is to create an orderly, predictable,stable, and fun world to enjoy and grow healthy.' Child discipline can involve rewards and punishments to teach self-control, increase desirable behaviors and decrease undesirable behaviors in children . In its most general sense, discipline refers to systematic instruction given to a disciple. To discipline thus means to instruct a person to follow a particular code of conduct. While the purpose of child discipline is to develop and entrench desirable social habits in children, the ultimate goal is to foster sound judgement and morals so the child develops and maintains self-discipline throughout the rest of his/her life.

Child discipline is a topic that draws from a wide range of interested fields, such as parents, the professional practice of behavior analysis, developmental psychology, social work, and various religious perspectives. Because the values, beliefs, education, customs and cultures of people vary so widely, along with the age and temperament of the child, methods of child discipline vary widely.

In western society, there has been debate in recent years over the use of corporal punishment for children in general, and increased attention has been given to the concept of "positive parenting" where good behaviour is encouraged and rewarded.