This is a post from a newsletter I receive. I'm always looking for different discipline approaches and this looks like a good one, of course combined with helping them realize that what they did was sin and that the problem originates in their heart, that only God can enable them to do it differently next time.

TEACH CHILDREN WHAT TO DO NEXT TIME
Copyright Dr. Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller, RN
Used with permission. All rights reserved.
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Don't you feel like some days you have to discipline kids for
the same things over and over again? The child who has a
problem hitting, interrupting, or just being annoying to others
may need a lot of correction.

It's these problems that are great candidates for a Positive
Conclusion. Each time the negative behavior takes place,
have the child take a short break and then come back to you
for a debriefing. During that conversation, one of the questions
should be, "What are you going to do differently next time?"

When you ask this question your child has to state the right
response back to you. If Bill is frustrated with his brother Jack
and responds by arguing or saying unkind things or grabbing,
the right response is to talk about the problem. If you continue
to discipline Bill for these wrong responses and he continues
to verbalize that the right response is to talk about it, eventually
he is able to catch himself sooner and talk to Jack about the
problem without using the negative behaviors. This takes time
and repeated discipline sessions, but children learn by repetition
and frequent, gentle reminders.

Sometimes children don't know what they should have done
differently. In fact, some parents are so used to telling their
children what not to do, they, themselves, don't even know
what the right response should be. Sometimes the solutions
are not easy. That's all the more reason to use this question
with children. Both parent and child can brainstorm about
alternatives to unwanted behavior.

By communicating the right response to you verbally, your
child will begin to see the difference and learn to change.

This tip comes from the book 'Home Improvement, The
Parenting Book You Can Read to Your Kids' by Dr. Scott
Turansky and Joanne Miller RN BSN.