Discipline and freedom.

Citation

Blatz, W. E., & Bott, H. (1930). Discipline and freedom. In W. E. Blatz & H. Bott, The management of young children (pp. 25-55). New York, NY, US: William Morrow & Co.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/14760-002

Abstract

Discipline is at the present time a less fashionable word in child study circles than freedom, but this very fact may point to discipline being a persistent factor in human experience. Points of view oscillate between extremes; a generation ago we would have heard much of discipline and little of freedom, to-day discipline has receded and "creative expression" is the watchword of the hour. However variously described, these two contrasting outlooks present equally essential realities. In life it cannot be denied that there is something wild, elements unexpected and unpremeditated, which emerge, from time to time, in defiance of all our calculations and traditions; there is also an equally fundamental tendency in human nature towards order—a desire to bring insurgent impulses under control, to reduce to system the unassessed values of the creative impulse. The attitudes of people to each of these aspects differ but are usually pronounced. The new is disparaged or accepted only on sufferance till we can invent a reason for it, which will square with our system of accepted values. Jazz, for example, offends the ear trained to the cadences of classical music; but with further experience, its own laws begin to be apprehended, bringing it within the sphere of harmony. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)