Disciplined or Disordered?

Sarah McMahon
4 min readFeb 11, 2021

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My, oh my isn’t that a fine line?

Let’s start with an easy example. When it comes to correcting misbehavior (say, of a child), there’s a big difference between punishment and discipline. While punishment focuses on making a child suffer for breaking the rules, discipline is about teaching him how to make a better choice next time. When…

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