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[quote=Anonymous]Putting him in his room is not really a time out.  It can be really helpful if a child is just disregulated and needs some alone time.  It was really really useful with my extremely hyperactive son — once he was off track, nothing we did would get him back on it.  But if left in his room for a while by himself, he would eventually calm down, get out a picture book or his little dinosaurs, and then rejoin us when he was calm.

A timeout should be really short.  For a two year old, no more than two minutes.  Someplace like the stairs or a corner, no talking, just sitting there for 2 minutes.  They aren’t wildly helpful I think but do fill the need for “need a consequence for something where there’s no natural consequence”.    It’s not at all helpful for non-compliance (eg refuses to put on his shoes).  For non compliance, you really need a solution before you get to the refusal point …. Once it’s a battle of wills, you have two bad choices — give in and save your powder, or physically force it (which you probably need to do for things like car seats).  
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