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PRINCIPLE 1 BE CONSISTENT

If you’ve made rules, you have to stick to them. A rule shouldn’t apply on one day and then not on the next. This just confuses children, and they won’t have a clue what is expected of them. It is difficult being consistent, mostly because we’re tired and we want to give ourselves abreak from it all by being more lax about the rules, but in the long term this does not pay off. When your rules are not consistently applied, your little ones will continue to test the boundaries, and test the boundaries… leaving you even more exhausted.

Consistency over time will lead to more peace and quiet, especially when it comes to punishment, or rather, consequences. If your child knows exactly what will happen when a rule is broken and there is

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