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The very word discipline disappeared almost completely from parenting for many years because we all grew to associate discipline with harsh punishment. What it really means, though, is teaching our children how to behave so they can eventually control their own behaviour. In fact the word discipline is derived from the Latin word disciplina, meaning instruction, and not, as you may have thought, “A darn good spanking.”

Don’t worry that they will love you any less because you have to be occasionally firm with them; they will in fact love you all the more when they realize they have grown into socially acceptable, functional adults.