How are guidance and punishment similar? and how do they differ?

Guidance helps children to take personal responsibility for their actions. Guidance helps children learn how to make choices. Punishment does not teach children, it only focuses on correcting negative behavior.

The difference between guidance and discipline is engagement. ... Discipline is rule-focused and compliance-focused. Guidance is engagement-focused and learning-focused. When talking with children about rules, I like to promote that we could have agreements instead of rules.

Discipline is a way to teach kids to follow rules or correct misbehavior. ... Punishment is a form of negative discipline. It's often used to get rid of or end a behavior. Positive discipline, which is sometimes known as corrective consequences or positive guidance, works just as quickly.