Domestic discipline
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Domestic discipline (usually abbreviated to DD) is the enforcement of hierarchical order within a family, household or some other domestic setting through the use of punitive measures. These traditionally include corporal punishment and grounding.
With minors, domestic discipline is enforced by a parent, older sibling, baby-sitter, guardian, day care staff or some other care giver. This may include some non-domestic settings, such as summer camp, school or the military, where senior students, teachers or instructors act "in loco parentis" and punish the minor with parental consent.
Such an arrangement is less common in spousal relationships or relationships between parents and their adult children, but can be imposed by a dominant spouse or parent, or sought out by those who feel a need for others to structure their lives. See also domestic discipline (lifestyle) for the practice of interspousal discipline with an emphasis on spanking as a punishment.
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Practitioners argue that domestic discipline is distinct from domestic abuse—because consent is involved—and erotic spanking—because the object is mainly discipline, rather than sexual arousal. Some argue that it is also distinct from the BDSM practice of domination and submission because it is not an extension of the BDSM subculture and concepts, but of traditional familial practices.
