#1. Parenting Question of the Week
February 3, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
How long can you leave your naughty children in a “time out” before you’re really enjoying the time off too much?
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Eliza Ferree
Eliza is a wife and mother to four very active children, to which she can thank for her expertise in the parenting field. From whom she's learned that if something can be spilled, it will be spille... more
Erm…did somebody rat me out?
My problem with timeout is that I tend to get distracted and forget that my son is in there. I mean, sometimes it’s impossible to forget b/c he’s screaming the whole time, but sometimes he starts talking to himself and I get distracted with one of the other two kids clamoring for my attention, and his time has passed and then some!!! A timer is the best tool for both of us. If I set it, he knows that he’s free once the bell goes, and I hear the bell and remember to go deal with the situation. (I feel like Pavlov’s dog right now, minus the drooling. 
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Hahahahahahahaha
Seriously, in my house, he might just fall asleep in a timeout and result in 2 hours of rest for everyone.