Timeouts

Have you ever placed your child in a timeout? What about your teen? We have hundreds of parents that put their teenagers in timeouts. One minute per year, so a 13 year old would spend 13 minutes in timeout. And here is the good part, they work!

One of the reason that parents fail is that they are not consistant with disciple. "I not going to put my child/teen in a timeout, they are to old for that." Let me ask you this, so what are you doing? and how is that working for you?

In order to change unwanted behaviors in your child/teen you have to be consistant. Most teens do two things, disrespect adults/parents and blow up in anger. When the child/teen disrespects the parent or yells in anger, parents react in the same way. And so we teach our children to yell and scream. One reason for the timeout works is they help the child/teen to calm down and the parent. Then you can have a calm conversation with your child.

Also a timeout fits the way a child thinks, here and now not a week from now. Children/Teens live for today. A 13 minute timeout is more doable than a weekend restriction. It also teaches them to respect you as the parent. We teach this powerful method at our Empowered Parent Conferences. We have parents that almost never place their children on a weekend or weeklong restriction because they have mastered timeouts, even with 17 years old!