@article{ref1,
title="Historical overview of child discipline in the United States: Implications for mental health clinicians and researchers",
journal="Journal of child and family studies",
year="1993",
author="Forehand, Rex and McKinney, Britton",
volume="2",
number="3",
pages="221-228",
abstract="Discipline of children is a major topic of concern in our society. This paper places discipline in a historical perspective by briefly tracing disciplinary practices from the 1600s to the present day in the United States. Four primary trends are then delineated. These include the following: movement from strict discipline to lax discipline to mixed messages concerning discipline; determinants of discipline changing from Puritan religious beliefs to &quot;experts&quot; in fields such as psychology; the increasing role of legislative efforts focusing on children's rights; and the changing role of fathers in childrearing in general and discipline in particular. Viewed against such a historical account, implications for mental health professionals in shaping disciplinary practices are offered. These include generating data to provide needed answers and assuming an active role in setting policy.<p />",
language="",
issn="1062-1024",
doi="10.1007/BF01321332",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01321332"
}