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What is "thinking time"?

urbanmommaurbanmomma member
in Toddlers: 24 Months+

What is thinking time and how is it different from time-out?

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Re: What is "thinking time"?

  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member

    same thing - just less putative sounding.

    think abuot what you did/your choices, etc.

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  • urbanmommaurbanmomma member
    So, what would be an example of what to say when sending them to thinking time?
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  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member
    "You need to take a break and think about what you did and how you could handle it better"
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  • smiling76smiling76 member

    Same thing.  We have a thinking chair (well, any chair we deem the thinking chair right then)--and he goes in there for 3 minutes (since he's 3).  It's a time for both of us to think really.  When done we talk quickly about why he was there and then hug.

     

     


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  • bluegirl8262bluegirl8262
    I'm pretty sure that if I told my 2 yr old boy to go sit and think about what he did-he'd end up sitting there picking at this toes....or nose for that matter.
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  • julieb00liejulieb00lie member
    imagebluegirl8262:
    I'm pretty sure that if I told my 2 yr old boy to go sit and think about what he did-he'd end up sitting there picking at this toes....or nose for that matter.
    Exactly
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  • herohero member
    Pointless discipline for a child under 3. 
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  • bella&babybella&baby member

    Pointless discipline in general.

    You can decide on discipline, you can decide on punishment, but you can't decide on what a child is thinking about at any given point in time, EVER.

    If you tell a kid to think about what they did wrong, most of the time they're more likely to think about how you suck. "thinking time" is just a time out.

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