Once again on our way home from school, the kids and I discussed our days. Gillian was a good girl today. She napped (yesterday she didn’t nap). John proudly told me “I had no timeouts today!” He paused and then said “But I have something to tell you. I was on the yellow light today.”… Continue reading No ice cream
Lately Gillian has been putting her babies in timeout. She puts them on the stairs, whispers something to them and walks away. After a few minutes she will go back to the babies and take one out. I like to ask her why the babies are in timeout. She replies “Pushing.” Sometimes she says “Baby… Continue reading Timeout
I picked up the kids from school today and Miss Chris, Gillian’s teacher, told me that Gillian had a bad day. In the car I asked John how was his day. He proudly reported “I was in the green all day.” I looked at Gillian and said I know you didn’t have a good day.… Continue reading Smiling
When John is cranky at school one of his teachers calls him a Grumpster Dumpster. Today John was a Grumpster Dumpster. He was practically in tears when I told him he couldn’t have milk with dinner. I told him that he could have soda instead of milk. Any other kid would be ecstatic to hear… Continue reading Grumpster Dumpster
Every night on our way home from school, I ask John how many timeouts he had during the day. Lately he has been on a good streak of no timeouts. But Gillian always wants to be involved in our conversations. So one night I asked Gillian if she had any timeouts. She said “No!” But… Continue reading Timeouts
I picked the kids up from school today. Before we were out the door, John started telling me about how he, Nick and Logan were inside while everyone else was outside. Before they got to go outside, it started raining. I said John why were you guys inside while everyone was outside. “I don’t want… Continue reading I know why
we use timeout in our house as a form of discipline. we base the length of time in timeout on the age of the child. john is four years old and spends four minutes in timeout. i had to put one of the kids in timeout tonight. i know you are expecting that i had… Continue reading timeout
John and Gill went up a hill 