The Importance Of Discipline In Hispanic Families

For the most part, reliance on other methods of discipline does not vary as much across demographic groups, but white parents with children younger than 6 are more likely than Hispanic parents with children in the same age group to say they often give “timeouts” as a form of discipline. In Caucasian families, if a child acts up, the parents are more likely to take something away as a form of punishment, however in Hispanic families, parents believe that physical punishment is more appropriate, if they do not provide physical punishment they believe the child would not