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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I send six year old DD to her room to cool down when she is yelling and irrational.  To me, it is sort of like time out (I think she has aged out of time outs).  She is free to come out when she has calmed down.  I don't think of it as an actual punishment, and she doesn't stay there for even an hour, let alone half the day.[/quote]

Same here.  My kids are much older now and this was effective for years.  If you need time out to get your behavior in line, then go to your room and take that time.  I never actually gave a specific amount of time - just an expectation of what I expect for the future.  That being said, I have a much different view of parenting in that I believe kids are learning and you don''t have to punish to teach.  It's worked well for us.  The only times I've ever removed electronics was when a kid was not appropriate with the electronics and I could not trust him/her to have them.  Even then, I pretty much just put controls on the electronics and didn't actually take them away.

One last thing.  OP, it seems unfair to add a punishment.[/quote]

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