Week 3, post 3

The concept/idea that I am going to talk about is the difference between punishing and disciplining a child. There are many definitions of punishment and discipline, and many people think they are pretty much the same thing. I believe that discipline is something that is done for you, not to you. Discipline is something that every child needs sometime throughout their lifetime in order to learn how to act in society. Discipline is much more of a positive influence than punishment. Discipline can be something like loss of playtime, taking toys away, and some occasional time outs. For example, when I was a young child I remember my behavior was out of line and as an act of discipline my mother did not let me go to baseball practice and instead I was on time out. At the time I was very angry and upset but in the end I think it helped me out. Once I cooled down my mother explained to me what I had done and that I cannot do that kind of thing in public. That is an example of a parent trying to discipline their child and trying to turn it into a positive experience. Punishment has to do more with physical and mental abuse. The example of what my mom did was not punishment because she wasn’t physically or mentally abusing me, she was trying to discipline me by doing something that what help me out in the long run.