Child Discipline Strategies & Consequences That Work
This lens will teach you a variety of different strategies
Learn these different child discipline strategies and see what that works for you and your child.
It's important that parents learn how to discipline their children. When you set boundaries or limits for your child there has to consequences if your child over-steps these limits.
The most important thing with discipline is consistency. If you are inconsistent in what you allow you child to do, your child will feel insecure and won't believe you're trustworthy and truthful.
When you child exhibits unacceptable behavior then she has to learn that certain consequences will follow her actions. There are different types of consequences and all of these can be used by parents when disciplining their children.
If what you're doing at the moment isn't giving you the results you want then change and try something Different.
Learn these different child discipline strategies and see what that works for you and your child.
It's important that parents learn how to discipline their children. When you set boundaries or limits for your child there has to consequences if your child over-steps these limits.
The most important thing with discipline is consistency. If you are inconsistent in what you allow you child to do, your child will feel insecure and won't believe you're trustworthy and truthful.
When you child exhibits unacceptable behavior then she has to learn that certain consequences will follow her actions. There are different types of consequences and all of these can be used by parents when disciplining their children.
If what you're doing at the moment isn't giving you the results you want then change and try something Different.
Child Discipline & Natural Consequences
In the next few posts we'll be looking at the different types of consequences and how we can use them effectively with our kidsNatural consequences
These are the consequences that follow naturally from an action that your child takes.
Your child keeps leaving her new toy on the floor and is asked to put it away after she's finished playing with it. She's warned it might get broken if she doesn't. She ignores the request and her toy gets broken. She then has a tantrum and wants you to buy her another one.
Her actions resulted in natural consequences.
Don't go out and replace the broken toy; don't give into the tantrum either. Your child needs to learn that certain consequences follow certain actions. She needs to understand that it was her own actions that brought the results.
Replacing the toy for her doesn't teach her a lesson she needs to learn. If she really wants another toy you could work out a way for her to earn the money. She is also likely to feel more responsibility if she's had to do some chores to get the toy.
Make sure the money you pay her is relevant to the task that she accomplishes.
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Child Discipline Consequences & Actions
The consequences that are attached what we do.
We are now looking at the second in this discipline series on actions and consequences.
Consequences connected to actions
You child keeps leaving her clothes on the floor when she removes them. You ask her to put her dirty clothes in the wash bag but instead she continues to leave them on the floor. You warn her that her refusal to do as ask will have a specific result.
The consequence of her action could well be that you don't pick up her clothes and in consequennces they don't get washed. When she wants to wear them the next time they aren't clean and she gets annoyed because she particularly wanted to wear them on this day.
She'll quickly learn that not doing as she's asked will bring consequences.
Never tell your child you're going to do something and then not follow through with what you say. Follow through is exstremely important. If you can't follow through then don't threaten the conseques.
You child needs to learn these important lesson and the earlier she learns them the better.
Consequences connected to actions
You child keeps leaving her clothes on the floor when she removes them. You ask her to put her dirty clothes in the wash bag but instead she continues to leave them on the floor. You warn her that her refusal to do as ask will have a specific result.
The consequence of her action could well be that you don't pick up her clothes and in consequennces they don't get washed. When she wants to wear them the next time they aren't clean and she gets annoyed because she particularly wanted to wear them on this day.
She'll quickly learn that not doing as she's asked will bring consequences.
Never tell your child you're going to do something and then not follow through with what you say. Follow through is exstremely important. If you can't follow through then don't threaten the conseques.
You child needs to learn these important lesson and the earlier she learns them the better.
Dealing With Child Temper Tantrums
Temper tantrums happen with our children at the most inconvient places and times.
If we understand where these tantrums are likely to happen we can plan ahead and avoid some of them happening.
I want a snack now
Tantrums can be catching.
It's mine. I won't share
I want one of those
No I won't
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Posted September 02, 2008
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