when is it appropriate to send a kid into time out?

Answer 1

when they misbehave. Just make sure the time out is not to long, usually a few minutes is sufficient.

Answer 2

Well this question could be taken in two seperate ways. If you mean what age then you can start as early as one year. If you mean what type of behavior then anytime a rule is broken. I usually give one warning though. Just make sure that you tell the child why they are being placed in time out so they understand what behavior is inappropriate. Also the length of time out should be determined by age. One minute for every year. 3 years old = 3 minutes, 7 years old = 7 minutes etc. When they do something wrong, get down to their eye level, tell them their behavior is unacceptable, and they have earned a time out. After the time out is up again get to their eye level and ask them why they were in time out. Make sure they tell you specifically what they did wrong not just that they were bad. Once they have told you what they did wrong, ask for an apology, hug them and tell them they are forgiven. By reinforcing the negative punishment with a positive reinforcement you are showing them that even though they misbehaved they are not bad and you still love them. This will help send the message home.

Answer 3

appropriate time-out behaviors are, tantrumming, hitting, non-compliance, etc.

time out is a tool used to help a child to calm down and regain their self-control and composure. it's not a punishment, it's a form of discipline, which means to teach. don't ever use time out as a threat..."you're going to time-out if you don't stop..."
a child goes to the time-out area for however many minutes they are in age...4 yrs old, 4 minutes. the time-out area needs to be a consistent place without any distractions. not their bedroom, where all their toys and goodies are. use a timer with a bell so the child knows when the time is up, and won't keep asking. if they keep getting out of the time-out area, or become disruptive, tell the child to let you know when they are ready to have their time start. if they leave time-out area before the time is up, start the time over. it takes a lot of practice, and patience. kids can out last you...for a while anyway. especially if you aren't consistent in your parenting skills. they are craving consistent boundaries and rules. this is a what helps children know they are safe. i've raised 4 children alone, one being an adopted child with serious mental health issues, i know how difficult it can be. but you have to say what you mean, and mean what you say. if you would like more info on rules, boundaries, etc in parenting effectively, check your community for a parent's education network.
here's a link to their website. http://www.parenteducationnetwork.ca/
i hope this has been helpful to you.

Answer 4

After you have told them once not to do something, the second time you give one more warning and tell them what the consequence will be. If they don't listen 2nd time they go to time out being a chair no tv no phone no video games nothin. Then have to sit their for the number of years old they are. You are going to set a timer for your child to see. If the child gets off the chair the time out starts all over again. You can not yell at them or talk to them while they are in time out at all. If the few minutes is up and kid is still screaming just tell them they have to sit there until they are composed. You know they can't get out time out kicking and screaming. Lots of times i tell my daughter (she is 3) okay listen take a a deep breath stop crying. She listens calms down and then we have happy times together.

Answer 5

Time outs can be used in different ways. We used time outs sometimes just for the child to get hold of themselves so that they could get beyond the fits and tell us what they were upset about. They started putting themselves in time out to let themselves cool off. It wasn't a punishment - just a place for them to be alone and work things through so that they could communicate what they were feeling in a way we could understand or try to understand.

We have also used time out if a child was misbehaving and redirecting was failing to change the kid's course. Time out gives the kid notice that the behavior is unacceptable and gives them a couple of minutes to mentally steer another direction.

Answer 6

Whenever they aren't behaving. But the general rule is one minute in time-out per year, so my daughter sits in time-out for six minutes 'cause she's six years old. Yous hould put a timer where the child can see it, and make it clear to them that if they get up from time-out the timer resets. However when they are in time-out you should not speak to them at all, pretty much just ignore them, and then always after time-out you should talk to them about the situation, if you don't talk about it afterwards then it won't work.

Answer 7

When they have repeat a bad behavior on purpose more than once. Accidents shoudn't be punished for but if a child is doing something bad and you know they are doing it to be bad such as hitting you, then sit them in time out. They say 1 min for each year of their age is best. So a 3 year old gets a 3 min time out.

Answer 8

Use the three strikes rule:

Strike One: Verbal Warning
Strike Two: Time-Out
Strike Three: Withdraw

Answer 9

removing a child from a frustrating situation is a good thing it teaches them that they can walk away and take a breather then come back and resolve the problem. I would say probably 2yrs depends on the child and situation!

Answer 10

when ever you feel they have broken the rules you have set. If you think your rules are to lenient, make them stricter. If you do send them to time out, make sure they Know why. The amount of time should vary according to what they have done.