After you finished, both of the children apologized and said they would work together to clean the dishes. If they cooperate, you could give back up to half of the TV time they lost. Doing this allows you to give them a positive consequence for working on the problem. While the world around us is constantly changing, it helps kids to have some consistency in their lives. The more consistent you are, the more consistent your children will be.
Some parents feel uncomfortable using consequences, even as the last step in the teaching sequence.
Consequences usually increase the effectiveness of your teaching. They increase the likelihood that children will make the connection between what they did and what they get to do. They come to understand that their behavior affects others as well as themselves. Parents who take the time to use each of the steps are amazed at how it helps to change problem behaviors. Corrective Teaching will work for you, too.