I am not sure if timeouts work or not. I guess in a way they do; they separate the child from the bad behavior at that minute. However, I do know that my girls know when they are supposed to get them. Twice last week I heard Mags crying. I called in to see what was wrong. Mags informed me of the violation Mo had done to her, and I called Mo's name. She answered me, from the timeout couch!
The next time I heard a brunette crying, I saw a streak of a little blond girl go running toward the timeout couch.
last night I walked in the room to Mags slapping B with the ends to their foam mats. I yelled to Mags to stop. She does, looks at Mo and says, "We have to go to timeout." Mo drops her weapon and off they head to timeout!
How appropriate, as I sit here typing I hear Mags saying to Maura, "Go to timeout or say sorry!" It is not supposed to be an either or, but I will take what I can get.
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