Today I cam across a thought provoking quote from Tony Dungy on disciplining a child: Discipline is not punishment. Dungy was sharing this part of his parenting philosophy in a post titled How to Balance Grace and Discipline with Your Kids. Dungy states the following about disciplining a child: Discipline is not punishment. There can be […]
You can find exact dictionary definitions of discipline here, here, and here. In these definitions you find words like obey, punishment, and rules. They describe discipline as an act of willpower, as training, and as a pattern of behavior. In short, these dictionary definitions of discipline make the idea of discipline sound constrained, painful, and anti-creative. This ideal of discipline […]