The time should fit the crime is a popularly touted saying that most
people would understand. Therefore when it comes to disciplining
children this same concept should also be adhered to.

Don’t Give In And Be Consistent

Disciple is really is rather hard for a parent to consistently participate
in especially when the parent is either usually never around or when
the child is clever enough to seem innocent when the time for
disciplining comes around.

Keep Going

However parents should understand that all discipline should have
some form on consistency, in order to be effective on any level. There
is also the important of making the child understand this attitude of
consistency so that he or she will understand that every action has a
consequent reaction be it positive or negative.
If the parents are able to be consistent and stand their ground no
matter what, the children will soon learn the importance of weighting
their actions before actually acting upon them. This will eventually
makes things easier for both parent and child.
Being consistent and steadfast in the discipline area will also help the
younger child understand the particular behavior or action is not
going to be tolerated and thus will slowly wean themselves off.
However if the discipline is not consistent the child will learn to
maneuver the situation according to the parent’s mood swings thus
teaching them how to cunningly get their way.
Besides this the child will also be very confused when the disciplinary
action is not consistent and the child will not really be able to
understand the enormity of the negative act if the punishment
worked out differs considerable each time.

Trying different types of punishment in order to make the child
understand the negative act is unacceptable is alright but the
disciplinary action worked out should be along similar lines of
severity so that consistency can be effectively maintained at all times.
For the parent, keeping to this consistency will also make their job
much easier and predictable and this is an important feature to
incorporate in the child’s mind.