Because the values, beliefs, education, customs and
cultures of people vary so widely, along with the age and temperament of the child, methods of
child discipline vary widely. Child discipline is a topic that draws from a wide range of interested fields, such as
parenting, the professional practice of
behavior analysis,
developmental psychology,
social work, and various
religious perspectives. In recent years, advances in the understanding of
attachment parenting have provided a new background of theoretical understanding and advanced clinical and practical understanding of the effectiveness and outcome of parenting methods.