What is the best way to use time-outs?
Brianne Becker
2025-07-21 13:46:04
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Time out works best when you use it sparingly along with lots of praise for positive behaviour. It’s best to work on changing one behaviour at a time. Talk about it with your child, explain which behaviour will lead to a time out and what will happen when they get a time out. Give time out straight after the unwanted behaviour, it will help your child remember what they did that you did not like. Time out works best for short periods, one minute for each year of your child's age is enough, it should be a maximum of five minutes. Use time out the same way every time, time out works best when your child knows what to expect. Your child needs to know that if they behave in an unacceptable way, they’ll always get time out. Time out should be used sparingly for behaviours that can’t be ignored, depending on the behaviour, it may be more suitable to give a consequence, like removing an activity or toy your child likes.