Can someone clarify this for me...

[samgeordie]

I use time out with my 3yr old daughter but have not had to use it with a mindee yet. I call it "thinking time" and she has to sit on the bottom stair and think about what she has done and why it was not acceptable behaviour. It seems to work quite well but then its my own child not a mindee.

[jayne]

I have time out most of my parents have asked me to as they use it at home. I know at the nursery my son went to they have a cushion with a sad face on it and say to the child that they have made so and so sad so know they must sit on the sad cushion and think about what they have done

[ziggy]

I use time out but call it "thinking time" and use where ever is convenient at the time. If we're watching tv it will be another room, if we're eating it may be the bottom stair. If we're at the park it may be a bench. I hate the word naughty or bold (as they say here in Ireland)
Sandra

[LisaH]

I always say 'time out' too.

I just send child out of the room to sit and think about what they have done. Then I explain why I am unhappy with them.

Most of the time it's the same mindee!!!