Realigning our understanding of these two words, and introducing practical strategies to transform discipline from punishment to discipleship, is at the heart of the book No Drama Discipline by Dr.
In our current cultural context, disciple evokes a positive image of a mentoring relationship, while discipline is riddled with negative connotations and associations with punishment. The word discipline shares a root with the word disciple. time-outs or grounding) to give a consequence, and then we hope that this action will elicit (or coerce) compliant behavior by the child. When attempting to correct a child’s behavior, we often discipline by using corporeal punishment (e.g. In our contemporary culture, discipline and punishment sometimes seem to be synonymous. What do you think of when you hear the word “discipline”? What about when you hear the word “punishment”?ĭo you associate punishment with discipline? Many people do.
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