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Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems by ryanmarsh on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:56AM (#13104413)
Yes. Natural consequences and contrived consequences are two very different things.
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Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems by andrei_says_ on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:26PM (#13109790)
Exactly. A good example of natural consequences:

You forgot your jacket. It rains. You get wet.

A good example of manipulation/constructed "consequences":

You didn't write your homework. You don't get to play video games.

And, by the way, if you want your kid to hate a specific video game, turn it into (home)work. This is the approach schools take to killing our children's creativity and natural curiosity.

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