Do you put your children in time-out?

Question

yes i do...i will never hit my children.....

Answer 1

No that idea is totally silly to me.

Answer 2

Yes, I do.  

Answer 3

I hope it works for you. I spanked my children on very rare occasion when they were extremely defiant. I have great kids who respect others and are well adjusted. I also have witnessed extended family. They have a three year old who gets time out. He screams in public places, takes his dads face and spits in it, goes to grandma and breaks anything in site. All that with the only consequence being a few seconds in time out. The kid runs his parents life. Mom is on anti depressants and is obviously blinded.

We are not to abuse our children. We are however their parents. Our role is to guide them, teach them and discipline them.  

Answer 4

no i just kick them outside till they act better

Answer 5

I use whatever works.. Sometimes its time-out, sometimes its a spanking, sometimes its punishment.

I don't HIT my kids either... Spanking is entirely different than hitting.

Answer 6

No I don't.  We take periodic time outs when there is a problem, but they are always as a break from a situation that is causing problems, never as a punishment.  Using time outs as punishments are just asking for a child to have more behavioral problems and they really don't work.  No kid sits in a time out thinking about what they did wrong and how right you were to put them there.

Answer 7

Yes, they hate the timeout corner so if they do something now most of the time i just have to mention timeout and they stop doing what they are doing.  

Answer 8

I use both timeout and spanking. I only use spanking when it's really called for. like if she has already been to timeout for her behavior and she is continues to do it then I will spank her on the behind. my daughter is extremely loved and she knows her boundaries. I was spanked as a child and I came out fine I have a really great life and I have respect for people because it was taught to me. I know kids who aren't spanked and their parents have such a hard time with their children because they use timeout as the only punishment. sometimes timeouts work but when they haven't learned from their time in timout what will you do next? that's why I use both. but if my daughter runs in the street when she is playing outside or if she is playing with the stove or something dangerous then she will get a spanking

Answer 9

I believe in time-outs but it doesn't work with all children. I guess it depends on the way you raise them. I personally know someone who was never spanked in her life, she is now 18. She has everything she could ever ask for, has had everything handed to her on a silver platter, and had her first car by the time she was 15 (A brand new Land Rover) . Time-outs never helped her. She has her parents eating out of the palm of her hand.

Answer 10

I swear by time outs.  

Answer 11

Sure do.  

Answer 12

When my children were younger time-out worked great. I never understood why someone would spank their kids then try to teach them not to hit. Now that they're older they get grounded, lose TV or computer privileges or if they're really in trouble they lose their cell phone.  It works!  

Answer 13

We tried it as a punishment a couple of times, but, after thinking about it, found that, unless it was a natural or logical consequence to the mistake that the child made, it didn't really help us to teach the kids how & why to make better choices.  It just taught them what to do or not do in order to avoid a punishment.  

So, something that looks like 'timeout' to outsiders does still sometimes happen in our house, but only if it makes sense as a lesson to help our kids learn what they need to learn.  For example, if they're having a hard time playing empathetically with each other, we may ask them to spend a little time alone in order to get their behavior under control.  And, that time is not often spent alone, but with a parent helping the child analyze the situation & work towards doing what they feel is right both now & in the future.

Answer 14

Yes i do they have to sit on their beds for 30-60 minutes depending on what they did... they are both 10-7yrs old so they have been grounded to their bed from 1 hour till all day... with no tv no toys video games etc...

Answer 15

I send them to their room so i guess that's the same as a time out? A darn good telling off usually work though-no smacking but telling them how furious I am. This is usually with my middle son as he is the, well, he's the tornado as we call him! He has just reached the age where grounding works too. Time out doesn't work with the oldest, never has, as he would happily sit quietly. His 'misbehaving' is usually answering back and smart mouthing. The youngest is 18 months so time outs dont work as he cant sit still for longer than 2 minutes LOL!

Answer 16

yes, i ether send her to her room or make her stand in the corner, my daughter is 2 and hates to be alone, so i feel bad sending her to her room but she has to learn one way or another, or shell soon be walking all over me

Answer 17

I don't believe in time out. I was never put in time out. I would get spanked. Only happened a few times in my life but I think time out is a stupid waste of time that teaches nothing.