What do you do when consequences just don’t work?
You’ve taken away screen time. You’ve removed privileges. You’ve tried increasingly serious consequences—and your child does the same thing.
It’s frustrating, and it can leave you wondering whether you’re being too lenient, too strict, or simply missing something.
As a clinical psychologist and mom of six grown children, I’ve learned that when consequences repeatedly fail, there’s often a reason—and adding more punishment may not be the answer.
RESOURCES:
Goldilocks Discipline for Christian Parents:
Training Aliens Social & Emotional Skills Curriculum:
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
In this episode of The Homeschool Sanity Show, I share three reasons consequences may not be changing your child’s behavior and some surprising approaches you can try instead.
If you’re tired of repeating consequences without seeing real change, watch now for a different way to think about your child’s behavior—and what may actually help.
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