Working with kids and parents, I hear this "time out" thing all the time. Personally, I think it is about the silliest thing to come along with regard to child discipline. Oh, it might have limited effectiveness....for some children, but overall, when I hear a parent threaten a kid with a "time out" I think, "oh, yeah. That's gonna work."< /sarcasm >
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I agree about the time out. Never worked for any of ours. The best thing we found for our son was taking "stuff" away. He was immune to spankings. POed him off more than anything, but didn't have much effect on him. Our youngest daughter using a slight swat on her son (2 in Sept) and he knows - he also can tell by her tone of voice what may be coming if he doesn't quit. He is a good boy. Grammaw has to go down in September and spoil him. LOL