natural consequences

language: de

definitions

  1. The direct, unforced results of an action or behavior that occur without external intervention, punishment, or adult management, often used in parenting and education to teach responsibility.
    de: Natürliche Folgen
  2. The inevitable or logical outcomes that arise directly from a specific situation, event, or decision in a cause-and-effect relationship.
    de: Logische Folgen

examples

  1. Instead of punishing him for forgetting his coat, his mother let him experience the natural consequence of being cold.

    Anstatt ihn für das Vergessen seines Mantels zu bestrafen, ließ seine Mutter ihn die natürliche Folge der Kälte erleben.

  2. The economic recession was one of the natural consequences of the sudden market crash.

    Die wirtschaftliche Rezession war eine der natürlichen Folgen des plötzlichen Markteinbruchs.