Like would you give a three year old a time out. Do they stay in the corner. What do you do to punish younger kids?
2007-12-09 07:46:14 · 9 answers · asked by nobody 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Sometimes. Sometimes not. Tell me how parents plan to put their small child in time out while they are pitching a fit in the store? Me, I knew not to do that, because it got my mouth slapped. And no, I'm not afraid of my parents. We have a wonderful relationship. Always have. I just KNEW to respect my parents, or accept the spankings/swattings I'd get.
I know in church, my parents didn't believe in taking us to the nursery. If we started acting up, we got swatted. This was usually on the shoulder, but hard enough to know they meant business and if I kept it up, I'd be getting more when we got home. Why should they miss out on the sermon just because I wanted to act like a brat?
2007-12-09 07:55:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
my daughter has been getting time outs since she was one
they worked wonderfully
1 minute per year of age
show them the first time what to do and if the child gets up before the minute is up put them back
time never started till my daughter was calmed down
most of the time would fall asleep
now that she's 3 she has 3 minutes and has to stand at attention (otherwise she's playing with the wall)
she's wonderfully behaved because she absolutely hates time out cause half the time i forget she's there
2007-12-09 07:52:32 · answer #2 · answered by squeaker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Little kids get bored real easy so yeah, time out for a few minutes is a good punishment.
2007-12-09 08:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at times my three year old does and time he doesn't but I don't put them in a corner. I have them sit in the chair our couch and I am in there. But my three year never a bad boy but my five year old and he doesn't sit in corner or anything for me because he has the adhd and he can't sit still for very long.
2007-12-09 07:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by Me and my two boys 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They work great for mine at 2 and 3. After we talk about why they were there then - make them say it (that also helps them learn to verbalize) Then say sorry. They're pretty great kids.
2007-12-09 07:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by lillilou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son is 18 months old and timeouts work for him. i started about 6 months ago. when i first started it, i would sit him down in the chair and he would cry and almost immediately get up, i would point and the chair and sternly say 'no, sit down.' if he didn't respond i'd say 'sit down in your chair'. if he didn't respond again, i would walk over and sit him down myself. now, all i have to do is ask if he wants to sit in his chair and he usually says 'no' and moves on to another activity.
this worked really well when he started hitting. when he wanted you to stop whatever you were doing, he would hit our hands, just like my mom and i did with him. my mom is of the 'swatting' generation, she didn't have to 'swat' us often, but when she did, we knew she meant business. but it was usually only when we were putting ourselves in danger. but with my son, it was obvious he equated swatting with 'stop' and started doing it himself.
time out is sort of a trial and error system! you've just got to find something that works for you and your child! good luck!
2007-12-09 08:48:06 · answer #6 · answered by heatherleighann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do what parents did in the old days--swat their tails.
Enough with this new age parenting. It's sending society down the drain.
2007-12-09 07:51:27 · answer #7 · answered by adrian♥ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no they do not. they do not because when people are young they do not understand punishment all they think are wa wa i make poopy in my pants. y u so mean to me momy.
2007-12-09 07:55:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they work as long you stick to them
2007-12-09 07:58:09 · answer #9 · answered by Lynne C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋