She's getting old enough that she needs firm discipline, and you let her run wild.

However, there had been a number of complaints from parents about the increasingly firm discipline in the school.

Val believes in using very firm discipline- for example, whips and uses crops- on her horses; many of her students agree with her techniques.

Owen initiated various policies regarded as "sympathetic rule" and "firm discipline".

During his time in command, Trenchard set about bringing firm discipline to what he considered an unruly unit.

We continue to demand high standards of behaviour and appearance and to stress the importance of the more traditional values such as firm discipline.

She imposes a gentle but firm discipline in her domain; as the girl says, "There were rules in my grandmother's kitchen, and everyone had to follow them."

The resulting ambivalence was exacerbated by a fiery temper and by the way her mood flipped between firm discipline and generous indulgence.

Maybe it was just firm discipline, which nobody liked.

Jobey imposed firm discipline at the club and earned them promotion in his first season at the cub, a feat not emulated for another 70 years.