What does the Bible teach about domestic discipline? Specifically when it comes to a parent disciplining their children or husband disciplining his wife - it seems there has been a lot of talk about both and I'm curious what different denominations and the Bible has to say on the topic.


Is corporal punishment/discipline ever OK?
Is corporal punishment/discipline from a parent to a child OK?
Is corporal punishment/discipline between a husband and his wife OK?
I have never heard of a husband disciplining their wife, I certainly don't do that. However parents have an obligation to discipline their children for it is written


  He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines
  him promptly. (Proverbs 13:24)


May I add that I don't use a physical rod :) 


  “Impatience in the parents excites impatience in the children. Passion
  manifested by the parents creates passion in the children and stirs up
  the evils of their nature. Some parents correct their children
  severely in a spirit of impatience, and often in passion. Such
  corrections produce no good result. In seeking to correct one evil,
  they create two. Continual censuring and whipping hardens children and
  weans them from their parents. Parents should first learn to control
  themselves, then they can more successfully control their children.
  Every time they lose self-control, and speak and act impatiently, they
  sin against God. They should first reason with their children, clearly
  point out their wrongs, show them their sin, and impress upon them
  that they have not only sinned against their parents, but against God.
  With your own heart subdued and full of pity and sorrow for your
  erring children, pray with them before correcting them. Then your
  correction will not cause your children to hate you. They will love
  you. They will see that you do not punish them because they have put
  you to inconvenience, or because you wish to vent your displeasure
  upon them; but from a sense of duty, for their good, that they may not
  be left to grow up in sin. (Testimonies For The Church Volume 1 p. 398, Ellen White)