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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The tantrums likely aren’t regularly happening during “quiet hours”, right? Your child should be sleeping during that time.

You could try the car thing: keep a blanket in the car, put on fleeces and hats, and run the heat.[/quote]

New poster. Cramming a tantruming child into fleece or coat and a hat, while the kid bucks and struggles, will make a tantrum just get worse. And someone passing by is going to see OP trying to shove a fighting, crying child into a car and probably will call the authorities....

Using a car as the tantrum spot or time out location also runs the risk of making the child eventually associate being in the car with being angry and unhappy, and that is NOT an association you want a child to have with the car that must take that kid to preschool, to the doctor, etc.

This is also why time out spots should not be a child's own bedroom. Either they'll start to think of the bedroom negatively, or conversely, they'll be glad to get time outs because time out equals bedroom time, and the bedroom is full of their toys etc. Neither of those is what a parent wants from time outs. [/quote]

Did you miss the part about OP living with her child (and another to come) in a tiny apartment? She refuses to move or accept that it’s not enough space for her children. Where else do you think timeouts can be, if not a car or bedroom?[/quote]

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