Disciplining children 1

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training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by this training:
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discipline
training
There should be tougher discipline in schools.
for a very long time:
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since time immemorial
from/since time immemorial literary
Since time immemorial parents have wondered how to teach their children to obey rules
to decide or influence the form of something, especially a belief or idea, or someone's character:
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shape
character
how best to shape good behaviour in children.
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people:
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controversy
a subject surrounded by controversy.
... people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules:
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unruly
Who would like to have unruly, badly behaving children
rude and behaving badly:
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ill-bred
they are ill-bred kids
to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted:
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enforce
One of the traditional ways of enforcing discipline is by using corporal punishment.
Someone who is ... obeys the law:
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law-abiding
law-abiding citizens.
zasady zycia spolecznego
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social code
Law-abiding citizens respect the social code of their community.
the way in which you are treated and educated when young, especially by your parents, especially in relation to the effect that this has on how you behave and make moral decisions:
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upbringing
Strict upbringing is said to build character,
the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change:
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integrity
honesty. No one doubted that the president was a man of the highest integrity.
Strict upbringing is said to build character, strengthen integrity and create create champions rather than wimps.
a person who is not strong, brave, or confident:
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wimp
Strict upbringing is said to create champions rather than wimps.
a upbringing in which someone has ben too protected by their parents from difficult or upleasant experiences
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sheltered upbringing
Those who have enjoyed sheltered upbringing are said to have no backbone
courage and strength of character:
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backbone
Will he have the backbone to tell them what he thinks?
lack of the emotional strength to do what you believe is right
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lack of moral fibre
Becoming spoilt children, they lack moral fibre
zahartowac kogos
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toughen sb up
suffering toughens them up and shapes their character.
to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone:
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deprive sb of sth
it deprives them of character
poczucie bezpieczenstwa
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a sense of security
Corporal punishment and spanking a child rob the children of their sense of security
someone who causes a person or an animal great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain:
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tormentor
Sooner or later, they will treat their father or mother as a tormentor rather than a loving parent.
the act of obeying an order, rule, or request:
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compliance
Instead of compliance, there will be rejection.

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