Different Definitions of Discipline
Discipline (a middle-class, school definition)
Discipline is a punishment used to address inappropriate behavior, in order to change that behavior.
Discipline (a generational poverty definition)
Discipline is about penance and forgiveness, not necessarily changing behaviors.
In generational poverty, love is unconditional and the most important time frame is the present. Discipline that will change future behaviors is not part of the culture.
When children from poverty are at school, they not only must learn a new set of hidden rules, they must also learn a new system of discipline.
Discipline is a punishment used to address inappropriate behavior, in order to change that behavior.
Discipline (a generational poverty definition)
Discipline is about penance and forgiveness, not necessarily changing behaviors.
In generational poverty, love is unconditional and the most important time frame is the present. Discipline that will change future behaviors is not part of the culture.
When children from poverty are at school, they not only must learn a new set of hidden rules, they must also learn a new system of discipline.