Alternative to timeout as a consequence for toddlers. Want to know more about my thoughts on this topic? Check out the full episode of the BratBusters Parenting Podcast that this clip is from 🎙️ Episode 109: Balancing Kindness and Discipline Listen now on your favourite podcast player 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and many more podcast players! ▶️ Want to begin your calm leadership journey today? Get the BratBusters Behaviour Board (Plus Toddler Basics) no-cost mini course wh

Why don't I recommend a timeout? Let's say, at work you make a mistake and your boss says, hey, you messed that up. You're 36 years old, so you sit in the corner, nose to wall for 36 minutes and you think about what you did. Wouldn't that be humiliating? With a child, when you send a child into a corner, they feel the same way, they just can't articulate that. When you say you think about what you did, they're not thinking about what they did, they are most likely just feeling bad about themselv

How do I keep my toddler in timeout? Personally, I don’t recommend timeouts for any age. So I would suggest you don't do it, and instead focus on consistent corrective actions every single time they do something that you don't like. I'd suggest picking one behavior per week that you wanna correct, and you just do consistent corrective actions. As an example, if they throw a toy, you say no, and you put that toy where they can see it, but can't touch it. You have to do it every single time though