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Consequences

This seems like an easy concept to understand and implement – for us and for our children – but so much of how we handle consequences, or punishment, has to do with, often, a reaction against how our own parents handled these moments with us.  Were they overly punitive?  Did the punishment always fit the crime?  Did they ignore us?  We all try so hard not to make the same mistakes our parents made, or…