To punish...

"To punish or discipline a child is to deliberately make a child feel bad in the hopes that this will have a positive result.

But all that punishment can ever buy you is temporary compliance and at a very high cost.


The real lesson it teaches is about power. Those with more of it can coerce those with less of it to do whatever they demand  it makes kids more self-centered, less concerned about the impact of their actions on theirs.

No wonder we have to discipline a child over and over.


The problem isn't with the child; it's with the whole idea of punishment."

-Alfie Kohn
rationalhub.com