Consequences play a big role when you are setting boundaries. When you look at most co-dependent people, one person jumps off the top of a building, but another person is the one who crashes into the ground. In other words, one person is engaged in inappropriate behavior, and another person is paying the consequences for that behavior. The purpose of consequences is so that the offending person is obligated to learn that there is a sowing and reaping process. We live in a day and age where people do not want to take responsibility, but this is hurting us individually, and as a nation. Children who never learned the purpose of consequences grow up to be very immature adults—and, I dare say, some of the most difficult spouses. If we will teach our children that there are consequences to their actions, we will spare an entire generation from irresponsible adults!