Great advice when disciplining children by laurie on Indulgy. Punishment preteen teenager. Seems like this would be more "painful," for sure, bahahahaha! Remember this little gem? Boy I do!

For teenagers, discipline is about agreeing on and setting appropriate limits and helping them behave within those limits. When your child was younger, you probably used a range of discipline strategies to teach him the basics of good behaviour. Now your child is growing into a teenager, you can use limits and boundaries to help him learn independence , take responsibility for his behaviour and its outcomes, and solve problems. Your child needs these skills to become a young adult with her own standards for appropriate behaviour and respect for others. An important part of this is learning to stick to some clear rules, agreed on in advance, and with agreed consequences. Negotiation is a key part of communicating with teenagers and can help avoid problems.

Many parents tell me that nothing seems to work, and that coming up with the right thing for their child can seem like an impossible task. Rather, an effective consequence should encourage your child to change his behavior — whether that is abiding by the house rules, or treating people respectfully. So first, you need to identify the behavior you want to change. Instead of grounding or punishing , or even reasoning with your child when she gets angry and lashes out, an effective consequence here would require your child to practice better behavior — and improve her self-control — for a period of time before her normal privileges are restored.

Consequences for tweens and teens are pivotal to raising responsible adults. Often parents feel overwhelmed, as teenagers push back on the boundaries during the teens years, believing that nothing works so there is no hope in trying. Well there is HOPE for raising disciplined teens, and there are an effective list of consequences for teenagers that truly work. Note: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through a link The Reluctant Cowgirl will receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you, used toward keeping this blog going.