That means the child will experience some consequence related to the task and his lack of performance. For example, a young boy whose assignment was to feed the dog each day, but who sometimes forgot to do so, came to the supper table one evening and found that he didn't have a plate of food like the rest of the family had. He jumped up quickly, took care of the chore, and came back to find his food waiting for him. Nothing more was said, the lesson had been taught. That lesson might need a review at a later date, but it usually doesn't need to be taught more than a few times.
Consequences allow the child to own the problem.
Empathy allows learning to occur, whereas a display of anger from the parent allows the child to focus on the anger of the adult, and not on his own behavior. Empathy builds relationships and stimulates thinking. These must be said with sincere meaning, and never with sarcasm. After empathy and consequences have taught the lesson, and the child has been given the opportunity to make some decisions, he is given the same task again. Sometimes, perhaps often, the child will say he doesn't know how to solve a problem, or he might ask for help.