Remember that this word shares a root with “disciple.”
270. It is important that discipline not lead to discouragement, but be instead a stimulus to further progress. How can discipline be best interiorized? How do we ensure that discipline is a constructive limit placed on a child’s actions and not a barrier standing in the way of his or her growth? A balance has to be found between two equally harmful extremes. One would be to try to make everything revolve around the child’s desires; such children will grow up with a sense of their rights but not their responsibilities. The other would be to deprive the child of an awareness of his or her dignity, personal identity and rights; such children end up overwhelmed by their duties and a need to carry out other people’s wishes.
Another typically Jesuit comment. Balancing two extremes–our society has much love for each–requires discernment. There are not often easy answers.
Remember that Amoris Laetitia is online here.
Catholic Sensibility 