How to Use Discipline on Kids

There are actual experiments where parents who have problem kids either get advice on how to discipline their kids or not. And the punch line is that even very modest punishments do improve kids' behavior. The main problem is that when you stop punishing them, then they revert back to their old bad behavior. So it is not pill-battle because parents have to really stubbornly keep doing it. It also fits with what I know about the science of conditioning or shaping or reinforcement learning: Your motivation and your behavior will be shaped by the rewards and punishments that you get.