Domestic discipline (abbreviated DD) is discipline (the enforcement of order) usually by punishment for infringement of rules applied in a domestic context, normally between members of a household.
See also Domestic discipline (lifestyle) for the practice of interspousal discipline with an emphasis on spanking as a punishment.
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- 1 General meaning
- 2 In adult relationships
- 3 Sources
- 4 See also
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General meaning
In education, it is discipline applied by the educator (usually parental, mainly the head of household, other care-givers (e.g. babysitter, guardian, day care staff) or older sibling, as part of the education of the minor, mainly at home, but also anywhere both are present, and sometimes interacting with other eductors, e.g. punishment at home for bad school results or misbehaviour at school.
By extension, it is sometimes said of disciplining of the same minors by similar means ('in loco parentis') in other rather informal private contexts other than school, normally subject to parental consent, such as summer camp.
The distinction may be a gray area, e.g. when boarding school kids are disciplined by staff and/or older colleagues (such as prefects) as they might be at home.
In adult relationships
In the generally voluntary context of adult relationships, it is specifically said of the practice of interspousal discipline, in BDSM and some other erotic contexts with an emphasis on spanking as a punishment. Practitioners argue that domestic discipline is distinct from both domestic abuse, and activities such as erotic spanking and BDSM-style domination and submission.
Sources
- Wipipedia
- Taken In Hand
- Fondly and Firmly
- Loving Domestic Discipline
See also
- Power exchange
- Head of Household
- Taken In Hand
- Domination and submission
- Discipline (BDSM)
