what were discipline kids got in the colonial times?
Often the children were beaten.
Check these sites.
http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2006/09/corporal-punishment-in-colonial.html
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED252451&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED252451