Here is just a sample of what I need..................I got this from another web site. Please do not use this. It only a sample of what I want.................<> Discipline usually means the means of behavior correction or punishment utilized by parents and/or other adults to control the behavior of children; the means are usually employed subsequent to actual or perceived misbehavior. The methods of child discipline have varied widely over the centuries and across cultures, but, in general, their purposes have been aimed at the proper socialization of children. Discipline may range from sending a child to stand in a corner to taking away privileges or using physical punishment. Debate continues as to the best means of achieving discipline. In some cases, parents (especially those who are young and inexperienced) who are unaware of normal growth milestones and the cognitive abilities of children may use corporal punishment against infants and small children, assuming that they are using good disciplinary means. Such action constitutes physical abuse and may lead to Shaken Infant Syndrome or even to infanticide. Most child advocates have been encouraged by the growing international trend to condemn violent forms of discipline in favor of methods that teach children to identify inappropriate behavior and to prevent it from happening in the first place. However, there are still supporters of harsh disciplinary measures, and conversely, there are educators, parents and others who draw correlations between aberrant behavior in later life and excessive discipline in childhood. Most experts agree that parents who resort to disciplinary measures such as spanking, yelling, humiliation or restricting a child`s freedom of action do so as a way of asserting their own power over the child. Power-assertive parents who vigorously act out through punishment differ from non-power-assertive parents, who use the withholding of affection and turning away from a child as a means of discipline. The latter group may refuse to speak to a disobedient child as a way of punishment. Experts tend to agree that neither method is in the best interests of the child`s health development. However, no matter which disciplinary approach is used, it is clear that an adult who disciplines a child as soon as possible after an infraction is more successful in preventing recurrent disobedient behavior. A child disciplined some time after an infraction occurs is generally less able to associate the punishment with the disobedience. Of course, the age of the child should be considered. A five-year-old needs to be disciplined more rapidly than an adolescent for the child to make the connection between the inappropriate act and the chosen discipline, whatever the form. The most effective means of discipline has proven to be inductive in nature. That is, parents who explain the negative effects of unwanted behavior immediately after the behavior occurs are thought to have a better chance at success in disciplining children than parents who either assert their power through physical means or who withhold and turn away from the disobedient child. Again, however, the age of the child should be considered. A three-year-old does not need and will not benefit from a long discussion of why it was wrong to slam the door or hit a sibling. In contrast, an adolescent may benefit from such a discussion.