When Consequences Fail (Try This Instead)

About this episode

Lisa discusses the importance of consequences in parenting and addresses listener questions about handling child behavior.

#176 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on consequences. She covers the importance of consistency, choosing the right consequence, whether or not she believes consequences need to be connected to the bad behaviour, and shifting the focus towards your parenting rather than the child’s behaviour. Lastly, Lisa addresses nine listener questions, discussing consequences for a 10-year-old, what to do when a 3-year-old doesn’t care about toys being taken away, how to handle a situat...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Bunnage

Topics covered

• consequences
• parenting
• child behavior
• listener questions
• consistency

Keywords

• consequences
• parenting
• child behavior
• listener questions
• consistency
• 3-year-old
• 10-year-old

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