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i've seen my sister doing it to her child and it seemed to work for her. i think it is a better way of disciplining a child than beating him/her. |
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Yes, it works for me but I don't abuse it because doing it all the time to discipline will no longer affect them in the long run. You should be creative and surprise them once in a while. |
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it's important at times because this will help your child develop the way he understand and comprehend different things. i don't have any problem with time outs, it's helpful anyways. |
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when we were young, my parents never applied "time outs". at times that we did something wrong, they just talk to us in private and explained to us what we did wrong. that way we were able to understand and make an effort of not doing it again. |
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same here, my parents do not use time outs but i do with my child now. although i don't do it often because the more i use it to discipline the less effective it will become. |
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I don't use time out to teach my kids how to behave. I use time out to reinforce behavior that they have learned, but might not choose to use. I didn't start time out until my kids were doing things that i knew they had already mastered and I knew they "knew better". It was not teaching, it was reinforcement for what was already taught. |
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We use time out for behaviors like hitting, biting, pinching. It gives them a few minutes for us all to calm down and then we talk about why the behavior is wrong. I find when I'd over use it, it would lose it's effectiveness. When I only use it sparingly, it hits home harder. |
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We have done time out for about a year, I guess. At first we didn't enforce the "if you get up, it starts over" but now she knows if she gets up, she'll reset the clock. I can tell her, "Do you want to go to time out?" and many times she'll quit. I've also done time out in other locations, so she knows that if we are at her buddy's house, she might still find herself taken away from the action if she is bad (like throwing blocks repeatedly at someone's head). I also put toys in "time out" if the kids can't play nicely or she doesn't pick up. I put them up high so she sees them but can't get them. |
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It has worked but what works really well is the evil eye. I started when my son was 1. When he's being naughty, I stop and look at him and narrow my eyes. His eyes get big and he now says oh I was being naughty, sorry mommie. LOL Yes, he's a very smart and sweet boy. He hates it when mommie is annoyed with him. I barely have to say a word most of the time. The key is to be consistent. |
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we use time out and it works most of the time we use it for hitting or kicking.. we also use the count system.. we tell him not to do something and if he continues I count to three then put him in time out a min for each year old so 2 mins |
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It works better than shouting on them to behave or spanking them. It is an ideal procedure that is very effective to the new generation of kids now that are undeniably smarter. |
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