It is no fun to have your bicycle locked up for a week because you left it out. In each case however, the child experiences the results of his own actions. The consequences are directly related to a behavior and they make sense. The child understands completely the reason for the consequences and knows how to avoid the consequences in the future. The child is learning about responsibility and will make future choices based on this knowledge.
Punishment requires an angry parent and produces hostile, rebellious children.
Discipline requires a thinking parent and produces cooperative, thinking, responsible children. It's just common sense. Inc. All rights reserved.