Set Healthy Boundaries and be Consistent with Consequences
Healthy boundaries teach children to respect others and to opt for acceptable behaviours instead of wrong ones. While they may test the boundaries you set in place, if you are consistent in your response, they will come to see that you are being fair, and they will want to please you. Make consequences clear. This could be time out, no phone time until homework is done, or a period without certain privileges. Link the consequences to specific behaviours and not to the person.
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Healthy boundaries teach children to respect others and to opt for acceptable behaviours instead of wrong ones. While they may test the boundaries you set in place, if you are consistent in your response, they will come to see that you are being fair, and they will want to please you. Make consequences clear. This could be time out, no phone time until homework is done, or a period without certain privileges. Link the consequences to specific behaviours and not to the person.