http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2010/05/time-out/ The Mabelhood is the sum of all blogs, combining posts from Mabel Labels' bloggers Julie Cole, Caitlin Madden and a cast of guest bloggers. The Mabelhood documents the daily dramas of a group of people raising families and a label making business, plus everything else in-between. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2010/05/time-out/comment-page-1/#comment-8080 Julie Cole Mon, 31 May 2010 00:55:59 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=2287#comment-8080 I think sometimes a time out can be an effective way for mama to get her thoughts together and deal with the behaviour instead of lashing out and saying something ineffective. I saw a t-shirt once that said "mommy needs a time out!" LOL I do use time outs on some of my kids - like anything, depends on the kiddo. I used to give my kid with autism time outs. But that backfired - it was like a little gift to him....alone time to retreat into his own world and stim. Once I figured that out, it was new strategy time :) I think sometimes a time out can be an effective way for mama to get her thoughts together and deal with the behaviour instead of lashing out and saying something ineffective. I saw a t-shirt once that said “mommy needs a time out!” LOL
I do use time outs on some of my kids – like anything, depends on the kiddo. I used to give my kid with autism time outs. But that backfired – it was like a little gift to him….alone time to retreat into his own world and stim. Once I figured that out, it was new strategy time

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