What is the main goal of discipline and consequences? Parents discipline their kids to make them remember that all of their actions have consequences, may they be good or bad. If a child is not told what they did wrong and just punishment, then it will have been for nothing. …show more content…
When I was little, like every other adolescent, I would misbehave and be cognizant of it. My parents would bring me inside and spank me. At one point, my dad made me go pick a branch off of a tree, and bring it back to him. This would be the stick that he would use to give me a spanking. I would beg and plead for him not to spank me, though all fighting it would cause me was another swat. However, my mom and dad would not just spank me and tell me to go on; They would spank me, and then tell me what I did wrong. Looking back at it I know my dad and mom didn’t want to spank me, but how would I learn my lesson if they didn’t give me the proper