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[sharlan]

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I was told that standing with their nose in the corner was a big no, no. Someone asked that at our licensing meeting.

[familyschoolcare]

I was told that standing with their nose in the corner was a big no, no. Someone asked that at our licensing meeting.

Oh Thank You, I use a bench and I do not call it time out. I say you must sit on the bench until you can tell me what you did wrong, why it was wrong and what you could/should do differently next time. However, I specialize in School age and that would not be appropriate for a 2 year old. because, it requires higher thinking.

[Cat Herder]

Oh Thank You, I use a bench and I do not call it time out. I say you must sit on the bench until you can tell me what you did wrong, why it was wrong and what you could/should do differently next time. However, I specialize in School age and that would not be appropriate for a 2 year old. because, it requires higher thinking.

It gets confusing, doesn't it??? ::::

Mine are all 2 and under and don't care what I call it...

My parents don't care what I call it....

Unfortunately the inspector does so I have to try to remember what the new "Buzz word" for "moving them away from who ever they are targeting until I can change to another activity" is.... We have 3-4 inspections a year.

The vast majority of my stress comes from the CCR&R, not my kids or parents. :confused:

I don't think I can even tell you how many different "correct" methods I have been trained on since my first daycare job in the 80's.... It is hard to remember which is the most recent "correct" one some days...::

Then again, I don't remember what I had for breakfast this morning after the day I had...

[countrymom]

they stand with their nose in the corner because a)if they saw the kids and what they were doing they would leave the corner b) I have kids who will play with anything that is in reach c)I have dck's give the child toys to play with in the corner. So this way when they do something bad they get to look at the wall. I use to use a chair till I had kids start picking my wall and my door. Sure I'm mean when its discipline time, but the amount of hitting these kids do (not in my house) when their parents come or drop off, the hitting of thier siblings, the throwing of toys is crazy, oh and the language is crazy. I had a 6 yr old tell me off 2 weeks ago, apparently he does it at home and thinks its ok to talk to adults like this, so when I asked his parents they said that they take his game boy away, so how is this fixing the problem. Kids need to know boundries, its like we mold them into decent children and adults and by allowing "sugar coated discipline" how are we teaching them, teaching them that if you hit someone that there is a consequences, not redirecting them. Can you imagine them at a job, they didn't like their employee so they hit them, heck its happening at schools. My sil who works for cas always said (before she had kids) that you need to talk to them and reason with them (who reasons with a 2 yr old) I wish you guys see her now, dh always asks her how her reasoning is working, her 4 yr old hits her all the time, the way she talks to her parents and family memebers is mouth dropping and them throwing on the floor is crazy along with her screaming.

[sharlan]

they stand with their nose in the corner because a)if they saw the kids and what they were doing they would leave the corner b) I have kids who will play with anything that is in reach c)I have dck's give the child toys to play with in the corner. So this way when they do something bad they get to look at the wall. I use to use a chair till I had kids start picking my wall and my door. Sure I'm mean when its discipline time, but the amount of hitting these kids do (not in my house) when their parents come or drop off, the hitting of thier siblings, the throwing of toys is crazy, oh and the language is crazy. I had a 6 yr old tell me off 2 weeks ago, apparently he does it at home and thinks its ok to talk to adults like this, so when I asked his parents they said that they take his game boy away, so how is this fixing the problem. Kids need to know boundries, its like we mold them into decent children and adults and by allowing "sugar coated discipline" how are we teaching them, teaching them that if you hit someone that there is a consequences, not redirecting them. Can you imagine them at a job, they didn't like their employee so they hit them, heck its happening at schools. My sil who works for cas always said (before she had kids) that you need to talk to them and reason with them (who reasons with a 2 yr old) I wish you guys see her now, dh always asks her how her reasoning is working, her 4 yr old hits her all the time, the way she talks to her parents and family memebers is mouth dropping and them throwing on the floor is crazy along with her screaming.

I'm not disagreeing with your method, just saying that it's not allowed here. I did that with my kids. I laughed at a gf 32 yrs ago when she started the time out chair with 1 minute per year of age. Yes, that was long before Super Nanny.