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Old 03-15-2005, 04:51 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sexymama
Shakran, although your intentions are good, and generally I agree with what you say, 10 minutes of time out for a four year old is way too long. A general time out rule is 1 minute for every year of age with a max. of 5 minutes.

I've heard that from people before and have never bought it. Neither did any of my psych profs in college. Plus, I would certainly submit that 10 minutes in a time out room is much better than starving a kid for days until she complies
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