What is consequence?

A consequence is what happens after you do something, it’s like a little result that follows your action, just like when you drop a toy and it hits the floor.

What's a Consequence Like?

Imagine you're playing with your favorite building blocks. You push one tower too hard, and poof! It falls down. That falling tower is the consequence of pushing it too much. Just like how dropping a toy makes it bounce on the floor, doing something can lead to another thing happening, that’s the consequence.

Consequences Can Be Good or Bad

If you share your candy with a friend, they might smile and thank you, that's a good consequence. But if you take all the candies without asking, your friend might frown, that’s a bad consequence. It's like when you press a button on a toy; sometimes it makes cool sounds, and other times it stops working.

So, every time you do something, think about what happens next, that’s the fun part of having consequences! A consequence is what happens after you do something, it’s like a little result that follows your action, just like when you drop a toy and it hits the floor.

Take the quiz →

Examples

  1. A child spills juice and gets a time-out.
  2. A student forgets homework and loses points.
  3. A person misses a train and is late to work.

Ask a question

See also

Discussion

Recent activity