3. Definitions of abuse and discipline.
• Abuse: To treat in a harmful, injurious, or
offensive way.
• Child abuse: physical, sexual, or emotional
mistreatment or neglect of a child.
• Discipline: activity, exercise, or a regimen
that develops or improves a skill.
4. How can we differentiate and keep the
two in separate categories?
Abuse: Discipline:
• Harmful to the child; • Is used to form good habits,
mentally and physically like remembering to wash your
• Doesn’t establish good hands, flushing when you go to
habits, only fear, lowered the bathroom, saying please
self esteems, and an and thank you.
emotional scar that can • Only works through repetition,
prevent progress in all not physical punishment, or
aspects of life. time outs.
• When a child is abused they • The child is not getting
tend to become isolated physically hurt my being
and unattached from people disciplined, only being
and normal activities. reminded as to what is right
and wrong.
