OP'S question can easily be answered with a yes. That being said, one type of discipline does not fit all. Have you noticed? Kids are very different---even raised by the same parents with the same love and attention.

Divorce and single parenting has taken its toll on kids today. That is not to say that "good" kids cannot come out of these situations---its just makes raising these kids more difficult and complicated. I know this to be a fact from my families experience with divorce and raising kids in a single parent environment.

Unfortunately, more that 50% of marriages end in divorce and too many times kids take the "brunt" of these divorces. With parents living in two different households, it makes it very difficult to discipline the children in a consistent and effective manner. It's complicated.