The Importance of Consistency

Just a quick note about parents being consistent and a statement to give some thought.

“Most people make decisions about what they should to do because they know what will happen after they do it.” (Cause and Effect Principle.)

Being consistent is important for children to learn and understand how life works or at least how life works in their home.

Every interaction between a child and a parent is a learning experience for the child. Every challenging behavior is an opportunity for a parent to teach their children how life works. If parents want to be positive parents, then they need to be consistently positive! But they also need to be ...calm, loving, genuine, respectful, and supportive among other things.

If each challenging behavior is handled in a different way each time, then children will be confused.

By the same token if children have consistent discipline (which is teaching), then they will know what to do and what will happen when they do not do what is necessary.

If there are two parents in the home, it is optimal for both parents to be, at the very least, generally, on the same page about the philosophies and approaches to parenting. However, the bottom line is the more consistency, the greater the impact of teaching.

Consistency is quite important when teaching children how things are going to work.