Two Great Locations For Childrens Timeouts
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Kimberly
By Kimberly
Published on 12/5/2009
A timeout for a child is always a hard time for the child and parent alike, but it is necessary. One hard thing to do is determine where to have the timeout location.
Two Great Locations For Childrens Timeouts
While many parents are making use of using a timeout for teaching their kids a lesson many times I know that I am asking what is a good location to use for a timeout. I know that it all depends on what room they are in and what the thing is that they have done bad to determine where I have them go when they get put into a timeout. Here are some tips that I have found that works out really well on determining where my kids go for timeout when they need to be placed in one.
The first location is the living room area since that is where my kids are most of the time I had to find a location that I would be able to keep my eye on them while at the same time they would know that they did something bad. To do this I found that one of the chairs that I have in the living room works great for putting my kids into a time out in and it is a chair that no one really sits in. So that when they have to go to that chair they know that what they were doing was bad. Then to reemphasize that what they were doing was bad I will ask them what they were doing that was bad and they would answer me with exactly what they were doing bad. I have found that this works out really well and helps them remember that if I tell them to go to that chair what they were doing was bad and they do not do it as often or at all.
The second location is where to have them go when they are in the kitchen. Now this is more of a challenge because I do not want to discourage them in the kitchen and learning how to cook, but at the same time I want to be able to keep an eye on them if they are in a timeout. So I have found that if I have them go to the dinner table and sit in the seat that I normally sit in they have a tendency to listen better and know that whatever they were just doing was bad.
While choosing where to put your child during a timeout can be a challenge I know that for me it is easy if the timeout is in an area that I am able to keep an eye on them. I know that with me being able to keep an eye on them I can determine and make sure that they are not goofing off during the time out and I am able to talk to them about what they did wrong and why they shouldn't do it.
The first location is the living room area since that is where my kids are most of the time I had to find a location that I would be able to keep my eye on them while at the same time they would know that they did something bad. To do this I found that one of the chairs that I have in the living room works great for putting my kids into a time out in and it is a chair that no one really sits in. So that when they have to go to that chair they know that what they were doing was bad. Then to reemphasize that what they were doing was bad I will ask them what they were doing that was bad and they would answer me with exactly what they were doing bad. I have found that this works out really well and helps them remember that if I tell them to go to that chair what they were doing was bad and they do not do it as often or at all.
The second location is where to have them go when they are in the kitchen. Now this is more of a challenge because I do not want to discourage them in the kitchen and learning how to cook, but at the same time I want to be able to keep an eye on them if they are in a timeout. So I have found that if I have them go to the dinner table and sit in the seat that I normally sit in they have a tendency to listen better and know that whatever they were just doing was bad.
While choosing where to put your child during a timeout can be a challenge I know that for me it is easy if the timeout is in an area that I am able to keep an eye on them. I know that with me being able to keep an eye on them I can determine and make sure that they are not goofing off during the time out and I am able to talk to them about what they did wrong and why they shouldn't do it.