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Originally Posted by Table 5
Legit question....How does a "time out" work? I didn't have those during my childhood, but it seems like everyone uses them these days. Does it mean they have to be silent for a few minutes or something? Do you send them to their room?
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A 'time out' involves sending a kid to their room, or some other area that is away from other people. The typical time of a time out is 1 minute per age of child.
I like to give my kids 'time ins' for most minor offences, since it is clearly a punishment, but won't have the kid feeling all dejected because they did something minor. Plus it has the bonus of not sending a kid, who might be having impulse control problems, into an area with no direct supervision. This is particularly true with my 3 year old, since he has a ton of energy, and will often get 'unleashed' if he is sent to him room as a punishment. For example, a 'good example' might be during his 3 minutes he might play with every toy in his room, or try and read a bunch of books and then dig through his dresser for some cool new socks; a 'bad example' might be he relieves himself on his sisters floor, then sneaks into the washroom and tries to dramatically recreate Niagara Falls over our vanity sink before we can hear the water running.
Sure I can discipline him for that stuff as well, but it would just turn into a nasty spiral that has me sitting outside his room with the door shut until I have to get something done.
With a time in, he is right in your sight, and is easily corrected if he does something wrong, and it is a real punishment.
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Originally Posted by AC
I know on Loveline, Dr. Drew has always maintained that the key difference between discipline and abuse is whether the adult uses an object to strike the child, as opposed to a standard spanking.
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Anything other than spanking on the bottom with an open hand is punishable under the Criminal Code.