He loses playtime.Įxample 2: If you promise your child a treat for staying in the shopping cart in the grocery store, your child knows he will get a treat from the candy or toy machine on the way out of the store. Your child still doesn’t do what you directed. Your consistent response will help those behaviors happen more often.Įxample 1: Your child does not follow your direction, and you give a warning that he will lose playtime if he doesn’t follow your direction. To increase those behaviors, praise them each time you see them occur. This could be sharing, cleaning up, or following directions. Think about something you want your child to do more often.
This doesn’t mean that you need to give consistent attention to ALL of your child’s behaviors. Good behaviors are likely to be repeated if you let your child know you like them. Misbehaviors are less likely to occur again if you always use the same consequence, like ignoring or time-out. What are these and how can you use them in your family? Consistency – doing the same thing every timeĬonsistency means that you respond to your child’s behavior the same way every time no matter what is going on or how you’re feeling. Three key ingredients to building structure in the home: Routines teach children what to expect throughout the day. Rules teach children what behaviors are okay and not okay. Structure is created by consistent routines and rules. But, it can be frustrating and really test our patience as parents! One way to keep control and help children learn is to create structure. That’s how they learn what is right and wrong. It’s normal for young children to test the limits.
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