Doesn't punish mean "to penalize", while disipline actually means "to maintain order or structure"?
2006-12-04 04:58:50 · 4 answers · asked by Windsor 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
While they are different, they do go hand in hand. Discipline is to direct or instill in someone, values and right from wrong. If a child walks up and knocks over a picture on a table, you correct them, maybe even spat the hand and tell them NO. They will learn and understand.
At some point, if you don't discipline the child so that they know right from wrong, good from bad, you get into punishment phase.
People need to teach kids, and others that there is a response for your actions. When you go good, you get rewarded. If you do bad, you get " punishment". This punishment can be time out, taking something away from them for a time period, or, in my day, a spanking. We as adults understand that we are the only ones responsible for our actions and in the work place or society, if we mess up, we are fired, or arrested depending on what we did and where.
The most important thing is that these kids are the future of this country. My wife works in the school system and there is a lack of discipline in the home which shows up at school. There is lack of discipline in school and will show up in society. If we don't get a handle on today's generation, we will be in serious trouble.
2006-12-04 05:12:21 · answer #1 · answered by bigmikejones 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People use the terms interchangeably because they seem similiar when you are using the word to describe the action taking place. However the literal meaning is quite different. I would venture to say punishment was derived from discipline, or lack there of.
2006-12-04 13:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by HB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was just having a conversation the other day about the word "discipline". When I hear that word it has very positive connotations, but when others hear it they give it a very negative connotation. I think that might be due to the fact that there is such a lack of discipline in most people these days.
2006-12-04 13:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by DGS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's incorrect to use these 2 words interchangeably. they don't mean the same thing.
2006-12-04 13:00:51 · answer #4 · answered by draws_with_crayons 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋