"Sit down calmly with your child and make a positive list with consequences," Nigito-Raftas says, "Have the child be involved and put the list on the refrigerator. The best disciplines are the removal of privileges, and make sure you have follow-through."
Punishment is a term used in operant conditioning psychology to refer to any change that occurs after a behavior that reduces the likelihood that that behavior will occur again in the future. Punishment is often mistakenly confused with negative reinforcement.