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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Obedience and respect are extremely vague rules; no arguing is pretty vague too (can you say "I'll take out the trash in 5 minutes"? can you sigh/groan/roll your eyes? can you say "I'm not cold enough to wear mittens"?)

Also while you can force someone to obey, you can't force someone to respect you.

Putting a pissed off kid in a bathroom could result in your bathroom getting damaged/flooded/etc. or lead a kid (especially a young one) to have trauma associated with the bathroom--good luck getting them to use the toilet at night, take showers, etc.

I think this is all terrible advice.[/quote]

I agree that this is just awful advice.  I agree with setting clear rules, not too many, and not arguing about them.  But these rules are not at all clear and while they seem limited (in that there are only three) they are incredibly expansive.  And using the bathroom as the time out space is really bizarre.  I don’t generally agree with isolation as a general consequence because it’s not typically reasonable related to the infraction.  But I did use “go to your room” frequently when a child was disregulated, as it was a good way for them to take a break and return to the task or conversation when they had better control over their emotions.  That seems to me an appropriate skill.  But just teaching a child that the solution for everything is social isolation seems to me a bad idea.  [/quote]

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