Logical Consequences–Connect the Dots
Air Date: 2022-09-30It’s important to help children connect their choices with the consequences that follow. If a child spills their milk they should clean it up. If they agree to finish their chores before supper but don’t they shouldn’t get to eat until they finish. If they intentionally stay out past their curfew they should be docked double the time. It’s really not difficult and there’s no screaming required (or recommended). Just a firm, loving follow-through that connects the dots. They’ll learn.
Ron Deal
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Ron is a marriage and family author, conference speaker, and therapist. He is Founder and President of As For Me And My House Ministries, LLC (www.RonDeal.org) and now serves as director of FamilyLife Blended.
Ron is author of The Smart Stepfamily: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family (and DVD series), The Smart Stepmom (coauthored with Laura Petherbridge), The Smart Stepfamily Marriage (coauthored with Dr. David Olson), and The Smart Stepdad. His latest book is Dating and the Single Parent. A...
