it is an act of responsibility to discipline a…

Page 124 keyword parenting it is an act of responsibility to discipline a child. It is not anger at misbehavior. It is not revenge for a misdeed. It is instead a careful combination of mercy and long-term judgment. Proper discipline requires effort. It is effort. It is difficult to figure out what is wrong and what is right and why. It is difficult to formulate just and compassionate strategies of discipline, and to negotiate their application with others deeply involved in a child's care. Because of this combination of responsibility and difficulty, suggestions that all constraints placed on children are damaging can be thought of as true, while it truly is not.

— from The Mind in the Cockpit · 12 Rules for Life, An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson

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