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[quote=Anonymous]Taking a particular toy away as a time out is completely different from throwing things away, especially beloved items and with no warning or explanation.  I am one of the PPs with abusive parents, and one of the biggest lessons I learned from them is that almost every action you take in anger is the wrong one.  There were times when we were told to fill a box with toys to go to the Salvation Army because we had too many, but by our own choice.  When a child truly has too many toys, it's easy to fill a box or bag with ones you don't like, don't need, or never play with.

I have a 3yo now and toys definitely go into time out, mostly for throwing.  They remain in sight and my son knows that when he's able to calmly ask for them and state that he is able to play with them properly he will get them back with another chance.  If he does it twice in one day, they are off-limits for the rest of the day.  These aren't traumatic incidents for him because I don't march in, rip something out of his hands, and tell him he's never going to see something beloved again because he's ticking me off.  It's just part of the house rules and framework, which is how every consequence should flow (in my opinion).[/quote]

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