Originally Posted by Robin:
I am not saying everyone else is stupid or everyone should do time outs. As I said this is just the way I do my daycare, that is all. I just know that the rediretion thing for a lot of kids does not solve the problem of the misbehavior, it tells them what other chocies they can have, but does not make them understand what they did was wrong. I'm sorry, but that is just the way I feel and if rediretion works for others, more power to them. I just wanted to know how many did time outs and for how long.
I'm not sure that the very young children ever understand that what they did was wrong, with any method. What I'm hoping for is that they understand "if I do "X", Luna's going to stop me", so eventually they just won't bother doing it. This is for the VERY young ones. I feel like if they're sitting on a long time out, they quickly forget "why" they're sitting there.