I disciplined my kids alot and I believe it the duty of all parents to do same, no need leaving kids to go wild in the name of either pampering or spoiling them. I have always believed in the carrot and stick approach of discipling a child and I really advocate for this, let the kids know when they're wrong and right too. The carrot and stick approach is a two way thing . Reward and punishment. A child get rewarded when he or she deserves it and get rebuked or punished when he or she is wrong. Punishment mustn't necessarily be about coporal punishment like flogging but ceasing their play things, stopping them from playing during their play time, not allowing them watch their favorite station, making them repeat a certain chore or giving a new chore to be done etc will help put a child in check.