Consequences Overview
- It’s much more difficult to force consequences than rewards, especially with kids with chronic illnesses.
- Overdoing rewards will not help in the long run.
- Once you reward positives, that becomes the only reason. Once rewards are taken away, a person can fall back hard…
- Celebrating “first time” events are fine, but limited usefulness
- Consequences are good for learning things quickly
- Consequences should not be a surprise
- Inconsistency in applying consequences can be stressful in its own right
- Depression should not interfere with applying consequences
- Consequences are only for 24 hours
- It’s better to have consequences that require Guenn to voluntarily comply over those where they can be enforced externally
With two households, we will need to write things down and share between the two households, especially when the 24-hour period crosses changes of homes
Need to plan
Need to create a progression of consequences, ranging from basic to Nuclear
Two-Home Consequences Need to write this down and share it between the two homes