When your child or teen is able to be consistently successful at what she is being asked to do, you can try natural and logical consequences as suggested in the articles below. Before then, holding her responsible for behaviors she cannot control sets her and you up for constant failure and frustration.
- Natural and Logical Consequences
- Principles for Using Natural and Logical Consequences
- Punishment vs. Natural and Logical Consequences
- A Stepwise Approach to Natural and Logical Consequences
If your child or teen is not within reaching distance of the skills needed to be successful with natural and logical consequences, try the structured techniques outlined here.
- Why Flexibly Structured Discipline Works
- The Power of Positive Attention
- Giving Effective Instructions
- Economics 101: Eight Steps to Better Behavior
- Economics 201: Six Steps to Reducing Unacceptable Behavior
- Time Out!
- Grounding ( Tweens & Teens)
- Problem Solving (Tweens & Teens)
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