How to Time Out Your Child Successfully
To regulate the child’s
behavior, many parents prefer time out which a great way to diffuse the
emotional situation and manage his/her own frustration. It is a great way to make
it clear to the child that this type of behavior is not acceptable. It has been
seen that many kids after attending the Montessori Hacienda HeightsCA show the behavioral problem in the peer group. The teachers must
make the parents aware of certain incidents so that they can take possible
measures at home.
If you are a parent and
want to try the time out to your kids, then here is the guideline to make it
successful and effective.
- Warning:
To understand the consequences of some particular behavior, they need to
be warned. When they know that bad behavior like disobeying your
instruction or hitting someone can lead to the time out, they may restrict
themselves in the warning stage.
- Place:
For the time out the purpose, you have to select a special chair or a
special place like the stair. It will also help the kids to stay aware of
the consequences. You can also name the chair or place like a mischievous
chair or something like that. Time out is a good way to teach the kids
without punishing.
- Quick
response: Whenever the kid misbehaves you should not wait and schedule the
time out for a later session. You have to make a quick response to the
behavior without making a big explanation. You have to just state the
reason and ask the kid to go to time out. You have to be very specific,
quick, brief and unemotional. In this way, the child will get to know that
this behavior will lead to the consequences of time out. If you schedule
the session for the later, then it may be ineffective as the child may
forget the reason meanwhile.
- Calm
down: The main purpose of the time out session is to make the child sit
quietly so that he or she can manage the frustration or anger. In that
situation, if you show your anger, the purpose will not be served. The
kids need to be completely quiet for the duration. In this way, they can
associate good behavior with the time out and follow it to avoid it.
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