Being consistent in our parenting with consequences for broken rules and unacceptable behavior is the only way that things will get easier. It is not going to be easy and you have to go through the hard to get to the other side where it will be easier.

Now it is important to know that the goal of a consequence is not punishment. The goal of a consequence is to teach. We need to use consequences because our children need to learn and understand that there are consequences in the world for their behaviors and actions.

You give them ownership of their consequence meaning, their consequence has nothing to do with you but instead, it has to do with their behavior or what they did or didn’t do.

What is the one thing that you would like to work on? Is it a rule in your house that you need to follow thru on? Is it a boundary that you need to set? Is it limiting electronic time? Once you decide on that one thing, go to work making it happen.

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