No matter the type of parenting style, at one point most parents will have to assume the role of reprimanding their children for poor behavior, all while keeping the home environment positive and encouraging.
You might for instance, in reprimanding someone, give them a ' dressing down '.
While a member of President Monroe's cabinet, Calhoun had favoured the reprimanding of General Jackson (q.v.) for his high-handed course in Florida in 1818, during the first Seminole War.
Interrupting one another, they all gave, and transmitted, orders as to how to proceed, reprimanding and reproaching him.
