家庭教育是指具有增进家人关系与家庭功能之各种教育活动，包括：亲职教育、子职教育、两性教育、婚姻教育、伦理教育、家庭资源与管理教育、其他家庭教育事项。

「家庭教育法」中华民国一百零一年十一月二日教育部台参字第 1010203362C 号令修正发布第 2 条条文。

Because the values, beliefs, education, customs and cultures of people vary so widely, along with the age and temperament of the child, methods of child discipline vary widely. Child discipline is a topic that draws from a wide range of interested fields, such as parenting, the professional practice of behavior analysis, developmental psychology, social work, and various religious perspectives. In recent years, advances in the understanding of attachment parenting have provided a new background of theoretical understanding and advanced clinical and practical understanding of the effectiveness and outcome of parenting methods.