Ask anyone on the street if the modern day family has changed and most of the people asked would say yes. The family has changed and one of the main changes is discipline. It has gone from very strong and strict to almost non-existent. We need to incorporate some of the strict old-fashioned upbringing and discipline used in the past with the new ideas of today. Some of the most important and basic aspects of the discipline of the past were fear and respect. If we establish these same values in the children of today they will in return show respect and appreciation to those around them.

Fear was one of the ways to discipline children in the past. Fear is defined as "a distressing emotion aroused

The other way of provoking fear is to actually take out something that could harm the child. This isn't done as much today as it has been in the past and for obvious reason. This type of discipline was used everywhere from homes to schools and even churches during the colonial age of this country. If it was done uncontrollable it was considered harmful to a child, but no one was going to go to jail if they spanked a child when he/she deserved it. A common childhood rhyme, "Reading and 'riting and 'rithmatic...taught to the tune of a hickory stick," was common practice when it was written. In most schools the punishment for talking out of turn or any other class disruption was getting hit by a ruler. This type of strict discipline is a things of the past and should stay that way.

This form of complement discipline was used in the past but not endorsed as much because of the "softy" look it had to it. People wanted to show the children who was "the Boss" and "in charge." When it was done it wasn't called discipline, it was called rewarding the child.

Discipline is helping children develop self-control. Discipline is setting limits and correcting misbehavior. Discipline also is encouraging children, guiding them, helping them feel good about themselves, and teaching them how to think for themselves. As adults

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