The definition of punishment is “a sanction imposed for a crime, fault, etc.”. However, there are many forms of punishment. One type of punishment is “logical consequences”, this technique is similar to natural consequences but involves describing to your child what the consequences will be for unacceptable behavior. The consequence is directly linked to the behavior. For example, you tell your child that if he doesn't pick up his toys, those toys will be removed for a week” (Benaroch), taking away privileges, time-outs, corporal punishment, or spanking. My theory was the psychoanalytic perspective. Freud believed that “young children form a superego, identifying with the parent of the same sex, whose moral standards they adopt” (Berk, 1993). Children listen to their conscience or their superego to avoid the guilt they feel when they are tempted or actually behave badly. This moral development was believed to be fully formed around five to six years of age (Berk, 1993). However, researchers today believe that fear of punishment and loss of parental love is actually what motivates children not to misbehave or follow their parents' directions (Berk, 1993). However, children who have parents who frequently use threats, commands, or physical force to punish or get their children to follow the rules tend to break the rules more than children who come from a warm parental home. These children feel less guilty about breaking rules and are therefore more likely to break them. Additionally, parents who don't talk to their children after they misbehave tend to have high levels of guilt and self-esteem problems later in life. Children tend to say things like; “I'm no good” or “No one loves me” (Berk, 1993). Childhood punishment can definitely explain the psychoanalytic perspective, extreme punishment as the withdrawal of love