FCC724 Consistency in Discipline developed by Pat Steffen, Ph.D., C.F.L.E.,Extension Family Life Specialist University of Nebraska C onsistency in dealing with children's behavior is critical if you want a technique or method to work. Although no caregiver can or should expect to be perfectly consistent, some level of consistency is necessary for a child to learn the lessons of social life and feel secure while doing so.
Children learn appropriate behavior easier when learning conditions remain constant.
Caregivers should consider a t least three aspects of consistent discipline. Your predictable and consistent behavior gives children a sense of security. They need not spend all their energy figuring out what caregivers are going to do next. If rules are consistent, results of disobeying them will be predictable. The importance of a rule is learned by consistently having it enforced.