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Time Out is a Waste of Time: Your Webinar Questions Answered

by Amy McCready

Thanks to everyone who attended our “Time Out is a Waste of Time” webinars this week. In reviewing the text chat from the Wednesday and Thursday night webinars, there were a few questions I didn’t have time to answer. My responses are below…
Question: REWARDS:…I give my 2 and 4 year old girls [...]

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Webinar Questions Answered

by Amy McCready

Thanks to the parents who participated in our free parent training webinar last night.
The topic “Why Time Out is a Waste of Time” generated a lot of great discussion and I didn’t have time to answer all of the questions. Listed below are answers to the few remaining questions…
 
Q: Can you give examples [...]

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Time Out Gone Bad

by Amy McCready

While surfing through TV stations last night, I stumbled upon one of the reality “nanny shows”. I was laughing hysterically and a bit horrified at the same time by the advice from the “helpful” nanny.
This was the scene: A three-year- old “spirited” girl disobeyed her mother. The nanny and the mother decided to discipline [...]

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Is Time Out a good discipline technique?

by Amy McCready

Parents are often quick to use “Time Out” as a discipline tool because it is a widely used practice.  Physicians, teachers, and other parents frequently recommend “Time Out” as a way to correct common misbehaviors.  The problem with this thinking is, “Time Out” most often increases the intensity of the power struggle.
“Time Out” is not [...]

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