In today’s modern society, children expect to be respected and honored, which can make more traditional efforts of punishment and rewards less effective. Caregivers can learn to discipline a child by first considering what they want to teach the child. A popular model for this method of disciplining is natural consequences, which generally allows the unfolding of events to happen without intervention from a caregiver that happens as a direct result of a child’s choices. Learn more about natural consequences that can happen when children work out something themselves and when an adult’s assistance with logical consequences may be needed.