Hellobee Boards Topic: When do you give a time-out?

Hellobee Boards Topic: When do you give a time-out? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:10:01 +0000 Mamaof2 on "When do you give a time-out?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-give-a-time-out#post-1566746 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:40:18 +0000 Mamaof2 1566746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do give DD a time out when she has a tantrum - she needs the time to cool down. I tell her "I think you need a time out - when you have calmed down you can come back" - She walks to the step and sits for a minute, calms down and comes back - works great for us! She is 3 yrs old Mrs. Pen on "When do you give a time-out?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-give-a-time-out#post-1565010 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:30:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1565010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For tantrums, I don't. I let him calm down and then try to talk to him. We sing the mad song from Daniel tiger and it works like magic to calm him down! But I do give time outs for blatant disobedience (he likes to throw things off our second floor apartment balcony and gets a timeout for that), and anytime he hurts someone (biting, hitting, etc). MamaCate on "When do you give a time-out?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-give-a-time-out#post-1564983 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:06:45 +0000 MamaCate 1564983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @BeachMama: how old is your LO? Before 2, we pretty much did timeout just for safety issues: biting, hitting, etc. now we will do it for not listening as well after 3 warnings. We also do a lot of redirection and emotion coaching in response to tantrums and I feel that has worked well for us. Now that LO is over 2, we do sometimes ask her to go in her room to calm down if she can't stop crying and that has worked too. Whatever you decide are behaviors that warrant timeout, do your best to enforce them consistently. Cole on "When do you give a time-out?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-give-a-time-out#post-1564951 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 16:13:27 +0000 Cole 1564951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Usually if it is a known rule (throwing blocks for example) they get one warning and then a time out. For excessive tantrums after a certain age I will give them s heads up that the tantrums have been too much recently and if next time they can't calm down with a reminder and a little help that I am going to move them to their room. Next time they can't pull it together I take them to their room and stay nearby. I am not sure it is a huge help to be honest but sometimes it breaks the cycle so it's worth a shot. We do their room for tantrums because time out is on the bottom step and it becomes a power struggle of they are having a fit. lamariniere on "When do you give a time-out?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-give-a-time-out#post-1564915 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:19:45 +0000 lamariniere 1564915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My son is 3 and I give a time out after about 3 warnings OR if the behavior is flat out unacceptable from the get-go like throwing, hitting, biting, etc. Luckily, our son doesn't really tantrum, so I don't have any suggestions for that. After he has been in time out for a few minutes I go to him and ask him if he knows why he is there, explain why what he did was wrong, and make him apologize. FWIW, we started time outs pretty early, around 15 months, but they have been very effective for us. BeachMama on "When do you give a time-out?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-give-a-time-out#post-1564326 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 23:16:05 +0000 BeachMama 1564326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just wondering for what reasons you give a time-out? I've given DD a couple before for directly disobeying me (i.e. giving the dog her cracker when I had just told her not to). But lately she has been throwing tantrums for every little thing. I'm wondering if a time out would work, help calm her down. I really want her to start learning to calm herself down when she gets so upset.