Time out for 2 year old?

Question

Any ideas.? My daughter does a lot of mischief around the house and some times needs a timeout. Like all babys I have a chair should I seat her there and after time out is over explain y she's there. Plz help ty

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Answer 1

i would explain to her why she is in time out while putting her in time out this way she can think about  what she did if you tell her after timeout is over then she may not even be paying u any mind. also time out should be no longer then her age meaning she is 2 so she gets 2 min in time out and again explain why u r putting her in time out so she can take those 2 min and think about what she did wrong.

Answer 2

I think you're daughter is old enough to get a little paddle on the butt when she does something wrong, and then placed in a timeout, I got spanked and I turned out fine, I think without a little punishment, kids think time out is a joke, lol a thumbs down because of spanking...people are such cry baby's

Answer 3

I do the time out thing with my daughter, and what I found helps is to tell her to go to the time out chair, sit there with her and explain to her what she did and why its not nice, and let her have the remainder of the time to think about it. If she's done something like hit her younger brother, I hit her the way she hit him, bring her to the time out chair, and explain to her that hitting him hurts him just as it hurts her. If she's done something out of mischief that I know she knows she's not supposed to do and I'm there to see it, I hit her on the butt (not hard enough to hurt her, just to grab her attention a bit) and take her right to the time out chair.  I don't think it's fair to let the child sit in time out and wait for an explanation after the time is up, because they don't have that explanation from you about what they did wrong, especially if it's a first offense. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I tried a chair for the first week I started putting my son on timeout and it didn't really work so I ended up for putting him in his room for 2 mins (his age) .. he never played with his toys he would just cry and when timeout was over I would go in there tell him what he did wrong, I would have him say sorry, give me a hug and kiss. It worked, he wouldn't do what he was doing before he went on time out and if he did it was right back to timeout until he stopped

Answer 5

Yes pick a spot and be consistent with her.  Put her there for 2 minutes and then explain very briefly why she had to be on a timeout.

Spanking is definitely not the way to go, even if others mention that route.  She's only 2!

Good luck, I have a 2 year old little girl also.  Timeouts work great!

Answer 6

Yes, a 2 year old is definitely old enough for a time out.  My daughter is 2 1/2, and we have been consistently doing time-out with her for several months now.  I usually have her sit in her room for a couple minutes when she needs a time out.  Then we work on resolving the issue (example - if she had time out for taking a toy from my 14 month old, then she has to go tell him sorry)

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Answer 7

well i don't think you should spank her because when parents spank and scream at there kids the kids become afraid and you don't want that to happen. just put her in the chair for 3 min. and walk away. if she gets up out of the chair pick her up, sit her back in the chair and add 5 min. after the time is up sit her on your lap and explain (NOT YELLING) why what she did was bad.

Answer 8

OK, firstly, a two year old will need lots of attention. Try giving her a bit more attention. I'm not saying that you don't already give her attention. But realise that a toddler needs lots of little bits of attention, rather then big lots.

try checking in on her every three or four minutes and giving her 30 seconds of attention. I hope this makes sense. I know that won't stop the mischief but might tone it down a little bit.

Then, when she needs a time out you will have to it with her, at least in the beginning. Sit beside her and tell her that she has to stay. As she gets more used to it, you can begin to move away and see if she will stay for the two minutes.

You need to persevere. You are training her and she is not going to do it right the first time. You need to keep at it. You might even like to try taking a much loved toy off her instead?

Answer 9

if this is how you want to punish her then you need to make sure she knows that you mean business with this.  don't let her up cause she cries, or screams just simply tell her she is going to get another minute for acting this way (or whatever u choose to add). it helps if you set a timer so they can hear when their time is up at this age they can't really read the numbers on a clock, but when the time is up ask her if she knows why she was put in time out and let her explain to you the reason she thinks, you will be surprised with these answers, and then talk to her about how she acted and how she should have acted.  always talk to her after the situation has calmed down some that way you both see things a little differently.