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Re:Charter schools, social norming and zero-sum games by giantg2 on Friday July 07, 2023 @09:31AM (#36631474)
'“bad” kids don’t need discipline, they need help'

Some would argue that disciplining is helpful in many cases. Proper disciplining is not just punishment but should include an explaination of why what they did was wrong and what the right thing to do is.

Kids having discipline is a slightly different topic, but can be partially built through the process above.

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Re:Charter schools, social norming and zero-sum games by micromacrofoot on Friday July 07, 2023 @12:23PM (#36634092)
Discipline without love or some care starts to look like authoritarianism, so if you're not careful you can instill a strong sense of oppositional defiance and make things worse.

This is a very difficult problem to solve and people will often support the stick and complain that someone doesn't deserve the carrot. Everyone needs both.

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