Follow Through With the Consequences

Give them choices and follow through with the consequences of those choices.

Example: If you tell them that if they don’t eat their dinner then they won’t get pudding, then stick to what you say. If they make the choice not to eat the dinner then they DON’T get the pudding. If you give in and give them pudding anyway they only learn that there aren’t real consequences to their choices and you don’t really mean what you say.