Raising a child is a difficult task in life that is given to individuals around the world without an instruction manual. People must learn through experience how to feed, care for, and provide for miniature versions of themselves for almost two decades in most cultures! Discipline plays a major role in raising a child because most parents truly want the best for their children and want them to grow up to be responsible, respectable, and successful adults; However, in some unfortunate cases, parents misinterpret the term discipline and end up abusing their children. The question becomes: is there really a difference between discipline and abuse? And if so, what is it? With education, individuals can learn to clearly distinguish between discipline and abuse and realize that there is a clear black and white difference between the two. The origin of the word discipline comes from the Latin word disciplina, which means “instruction [or] knowledge” (“Definition of discipline,” n.d.). As the Oxford Dictionary states, the definition of discipline is “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, [or] using punishment to correct disobedience” (“ Definition of discipline”, nd). According to WebMD, a website visited and viewed by millions of people in the United States every day, discipline is "the process of teaching your child what type of behavior is acceptable and what type is not." In other words, discipline teaches a child to follow rules” (“Child Discipline Methods,” n.d.). He even goes on to state that "it seems so simple, but yet every parent gets frustrated at one time or another with issues related to children and discipline" ("Child Discipline Method...... middle of paper...... isorder. Child Psychiatry Quarterly, 17(4), 127-132 Retrieved from http://ezproxy.fiu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/617055710 ?accountid=10901Narang, DSA. Developmental model explaining dissociation mediation of the intergenerational cycle of child maltreatment (Order No. AAI3034428, Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, , 5385. Retrieved from http:/ /ezproxy.fiu.edu/login?url=. http://search.proquest.com/docview/619966631?accountid=10901 (619966631; 2002-95010-131). towards children? Recognizing the signs and symptoms (2013) Retrieved November 16, 2013 from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/Young, L. (1964) WEDNESDAY'S CHILDREN. Retrieved November 16, 2013, from https://www.ncjrs.gov. /App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=52261