Being consistent is the single most effective way of parenting.
The irony of this is that you have to be consistently consistent in order for it to work.
If you fail to be consistent just once you will have ruined some of your hard work.
But don’t give up; keep at it because it eventually gets easier.
Here are some helpful tips for being consistent based on the example of asking a child to clean their room.
You need to have some things established first …
- You must be convinced before you tell your child to clean their room that this is worth the work. If you have not established that your goal is to develop a responsible adult then you won’t stick with it, which leads me to my next point.
- You have to be determined to follow through, which means you will need to ensure they are doing what you expect of them without nagging them. You cannot become engrossed in a book or social media and forget