Parenting Course - How to Implement Consequences With Your Child by ParentTools

http://Parenttools.org has created a series of 6 videos designed to help frustrated parents with difficult teens. The information in the videos is applicable not only for parents dealing with difficult teens, but is an excellent resource for parents of children of all ages. In fact the sooner a parent starts using the techniques taught in these videos, the sooner they will see a positive impact with their children's behavior. This is the 4th of 4 sample clips from the 2nd video in the series titled "Balancing Love with Discipline". Sometimes the most compassionate thing we can do is let our children learn from discipline and natural consequences. We as parents actually hurt our children more if we try to rescue them from the consequences of their actions. Within reasonable limits we need to let our children learn from natural consequences. If they leave their lunch at home and we don't solve it for them, the natural consequence is not having a lunch that day. This will most likely result in their being much more attentive to remembering to take their lunch in the future. If a child has blown off opportunities to earn enough money to go on an important Friday night activity, we don't bail them out. The natural consequence of not being able to go will help them learn more about work, budgets and saving money. We do our children a big favor by letting them experience natural consequences. Of course there are situations where you have to intervene. If a three year old runs out into a busy street, it's not a good time to say "Well Johnny is gonna learn from natural consequences today, and what a lesson he'll learn" ro if a child is using drugs, drinking alcohol or creating other serious risks to themselves or others, this would be a time to intervene. But whenever you can, you need to let your child learn from natural consequences. http://Parenttools.org is part of a non-profit organization that help parents learn how to be better parents.