What are the advantages and disadvantages of punishment?

Answer 1

For punishment to be effective you will have to establish certain criteria. I like to call it the CIA of raising a child. Consistency, Immediacy and Appropriateness. If applied regularly, in most circumstances, you will raise a well adjusted human being. Of course if your punishment is inconsistent, is delayed until "father comes home" or "does not fit the crime", the punishment is worthless. Read more about the CIA of raising a child in Meyer's "Marriages, Shack-ups and Other Disasters" and William and Martha Sears "Caring for Your baby and Young Child."