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[quote=Anonymous]Does he get upset when you put him in time out? The key to discipline IMHO is you have to find each kid's currency....what they value and what upsets them enough to be punishment. Example: DS is an extrovert and DD is an introvert. Sending them to their rooms to be by themselves is a huge punishment to DS but fun for DD.

So if he's unphased by the punishment...you are doing it wrong. Super Nanny has some good guidelines about how to do timeouts properly. My DS used to laugh and laugh during timeouts b.c when he got up I picked him up and put him back. It was a fun wrestling game to him. Then I got wise and put him alone in his room!

And 2.5 is old enough to learn not to hurt the poor cats. Pulling tails and fur can be very hurtful. When my 18 month old messes with my animals or his siblings too roughly he gets a timeout. It has been working well to reduce the frequency of him inflicting pain.

Hurting animals without consequences that mean something to him is teaching him to lack empathy. You need to figure out what his emotional currency is.[/quote]

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