Domestic Discipline is the practice between two consenting cohabiting partners where the head of the household takes the necessary measures to achieve a healthy relationship dynamic; the necessary measures to create a healthy home environment and the necessary measures to protect all family members from dangerous or harmful outcomes by punishing the contributing and thus undesirable behaviors for the good of the family.
CDD is a lifestyle where spanking and other punishments (loss of privileges, time-outs, etc.) are used to maintain an orderly, Christian household. The man is dominant and the woman submissive, as described in the Bible. What some outsiders might dismiss as an offshoot of the BDSM community, where spanking and other punishments are used erotically to achieve sexual gratification.