I disagree.......I also disagree with Woody on timeout.Originally Posted by artcarney_agr
All three work equally.
Timeout, spanking and grounding.
Grounding works GREAT older. Timeout works great as a precursor to spanking. Spankings......SERIOUS spanking only occurred when all else failed.
I've use all.....AND will tell you the single best timeout method, is SIT on the STAIRS.........5 minutes to a toddler is like 10 hours to you and me.
Another good timeout method.........Timeout standing with a book in both hands palm up. YEA.......try that for a while.
And the all time best timeout..........My wife did it once while we were out at a nice dinner. BOTH girls decided making a fuss was a good idea. They were 4 and 6 at the time. My wife took the both to the bathroom, found a nice spot on the wall and made them STAND there with their nose on the bathroom wall for what seemed like an eternity. You know what........that was the LAST time they ever acted up at dinner.
I've given them SERIOUS swats on the butt. The worse one either of my daughters received was when my oldest 5 at the time ran out in the street. I busted her butt really hard. SHE needed to know that was unacceptable, and timeout would not have conveyed the message.
Later,
Geo
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