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Time Outs for Preschool Classrooms

EDU 210 students:  When a preschooler misbehaves (e.g., hits a friend, won't following directions; etc), should "time-out" be used within the classroom?  Is it appropriate?  Is it necessary?  Support your position

Time Outs should be used

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Time Outs should not be used

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This is a tough one! I currently have 2 children in daycare, and they use time outs as a form of discipline. As a parent, I try to redirect my child's attention and energy when they misbehave. I also have a one-on-one discussion with them about why their actions are not appropriate. However, at school, time outs allow the child to contemplate what happened, what went wrong, and how to behave properly in the future. It also allows the teacher to continue watching/teaching the other students in the class. The part that I am not a huge fan of is that fact that that particular student is being isolated or embarrassed. However, if they are in time out they probably deserve it. :)

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@jfidler, much of what you are saying I agree with and is a sensible analysis and although I have came to the opposite conclusion to you seem to touch base with a lot of what is wrong with "time outs" (eg. isolating, humiliating, easy way out for the teacher/adult, authoritarian, ect.). The general rule of thumb that I would use when thinking about an issue like this is, "would it be okay for the child (very young through young adulthood) to do it to the adult/parent/teacher/ect. if the situation was reversed. That is, if you or a teacher clearly messed up, would it be okay for the child to give you a "time out". When your kids become teenagers, would you use the same logic of "go to you room", and would you accept your teenager telling you "go to your room Mom/Dad, it is time for a time out, you deserve it". I would venture a guess that you would be uncomfortable if not outraged by such a demand because when it is applied to you it would be very easy to see the Authoritarian streak that is guiding this kind of behavior (thought process). Now, if you say, "well it is okay for me though because I am the Adult and I am more mature and know better" how is that not highly hypocritical of you and adults.

Now, I think you were correct in the first part of your discussion when you said, " As a parent, I try to redirect my child's attention and energy when they misbehave. I also have a one-on-one discussion with them about why their actions are not appropriate." That is exactly what I think you should do and if you apply the same "thought experiment" that I laid out above, I would say that passes the test as a consistent moral principle (ei. if you did something clearly wrong your child should be able to have a discussion with you about it). This is in my view, clearly the more mature, responsible, healthy way of handling such a situation (even though it may be more time and energy consuming it is also more moral and your children will likely see that one day when they grow older as opposed to the opposite where they would grow up and see that you were acting more like a dictator/bully when they were younger and vulnerable by taking advantage of clear power dynamic shifted in the adults favor (which I am obviously presuming is not your intention)).

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Discipline is an important part of raising a child and while it doesn't always have to be at the end of a rod, the parents who are paying someone else to be a part in raising their child have to give the classes an acceptable form of it. If a child is acting up, a "talking to" becomes simply a charade that the child will learn more that if they just quiet down and listen to the teachers' complaint, they'll be able to get back to whatever they were getting in trouble for in the first place. Time outs are a good thing, separation from the playtime is a big deal for children and having good to go through one will give them time to consider what got them there. I'd prefer this as opposed to paddling, but there's always going to be parents who think their kids are above the standard discipline.

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