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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
And, lastly, when these things aren't going well at home, and I've got a petulantly willful little so-and-so on my hands, it's time for a nice 10 minute time-out in my bathroom...or rather, the closet area of my bathroom. And every time she screams through the door, she gets another five minutes. This is usually a very effective method of bringing her back to the negotiating table.
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Are you my mother?
This was my mother's means of punishment as my room had books, and I found books infinitely more entertaining than anything else. So being sent to my room was not a punishment for me.
It does work very well though.