We believe that time-outs loose their effectiveness when over-used.
Try using other techniques for disciplining and using time-outs when all else fails.

Time-Out Don’ts:
1. talking to or arguing with your child BEFORE or AFTER placing him in time-out
2. using a bedroom or interesting place for the time-out
3. keeping a child in time-out for too long
4. threatening to use time-out
5. shaming or embarassing your child with time-out

Time-Out Do’s:
1. selecting one target behavior on which to use time-out
2. picking out a boring place for the time-out
3. explaining in 10 words or less the reason for the time-out
4. using a timer, set the time and place it within hearing distance of the child
5. asking the child, after, why he was sent to time-out, and what could he do so he doesn’t have to go into time-out again

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Please call us at  617-257-3241 for professional parent coaching and parenting help with Time-Outs