[header] How to teach kids to accept responsibility for their actions [title] Explain natural consequences. [step] As you go through your day with your child, make sure to talk about the ways that actions lead to certain results. This advice is not about punishment. 
Rather, it's about discussing the ways that what a person does affects the eventual result. [substeps] For example, if your child brings home a good grade, you could say, " see, you got a good grade on this because you worked so hard.