I don't know that the consequences are so false. Many rules under which parent punish children may not be natural consequences, in terms of directly taking away the abused privilege or object etc., but sometimes there are no truly natural consequences to impose, just as raping a rapist is not a good or natural punishment.
Yep...and sometimes we can't let our kids face the natural consequence of, say, playing in the street. Logical consequences (which relate to the issue in some way) sometimes need to be created instead (ie: your kids can't play out front anymore since they can't stay out of the street).
Our failure to be consistent with any approach id usually or downfall...what am I the most consistent with - why yelling comes easiest! Which is why (when I'm not careful) my kids can play me like a slot machine (spewing delicious and fascinating angry entertainment) when I'm not being vigilant
