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  • Waffling on the Consequences (5-27-2010)

     

    PODCAST SCRIPT:

    A parent is his own worst enemy when he waffles on the rules or makes idle threats.

    It takes effort to properly discipline children, and that’s why it is easier for parents to warn, warn again, and then with a raised voice, warn yet again, instead of calmy applying consequences.

    Warnings serve to tell kids that they have multiple opportunities to avoid the consequences, and they quickly learn just how far they can exasperate their parents before they’ll take action. So, the house ends up in a state of chaos most of the time.

    Calm the chaos by sitting your kids down to line out the rules and consequences. Tell them they won’t be given warnings from now on…and then be sure to stick to it.


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