SUMMING-UP AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

In response to commentaries on the model of discipline effectiveness p roposed by J. E. Grusec and J. J. Goodnow (1994), it is noted that the model places as much emphasis on affect as on cognition and that it i s certainly applicable to the preschool years. The development of a se nse of self, ability to self-regulate, and attachment are discussed as important precursors of internalization. Further developmental consid erations are offered in response to the commentaries, along with a rei teration of the argument that range of acceptability of a child's beha vior must be included in an account of parental discipline.