In contrast, inconsistency produces insecurity, and because the boundaries are always in question, it stifles a child's learning and his learning potential. Consistency keeps you at the right point at each stage of development. Inconsistency creates too many variables for the child to handle forcing you to do more parenting outside the funnel. Order facilitates healthy growth, not excessive freedom, which leads to develop-mental confusion. Encouraging and establishing right moral behavior in children requires consistency and clarity of instruction.
Wholesome discipline is always consistent.
Unless your instructions are clear and consistent, your child is at a loss to know what to do. Principle Four Require eye contact when giving face to face instruction. Make it a standard practice to get your child to look you in the eyes when you are speaking. Eye contact is a focusing skill and helps any child process instructions. The child that is allowed to look around rather than at Mom or Dad as instructions are given, often struggles with compliance.