Last night we had one of those talks with the kids about discipline.  You know the one,  we tell them that God has given us the responsibility to "train up a child in the way that he should go."   Well, one of ours was about to be disciplined,  crying , knowing his fate.  My husband told the kids that he was glad that his father disciplined him when he was a kid because it helped him later to be obedient to God.  Our three  old wanted to know, "Did you cry dad?"  Hopefully he'll think about that the next time he wants to disobey us.  Probably not!