Time Out! What’s a Time Out?

Benji boy is very focused. When he sets his mind on a goal, he pursues it tenaciously. This is an excellent quality that, if applied positively, will take him as far in life as he wants to go. However, this stubbornness applied negatively will land him in a heap of trouble. Our job as parents is to teach him to make good decisions. One concept the boys haven’t grasped yet is ‘no’. Since they became mobile, the boys tend to gravitate to ‘forbidden zones’ like the fireplace or behind the chair that could be dangerous. When told no and moved, Trey Davey more often chooses another focus, where Benji will go back again and again. Today after repeated returns to the forbidden zone we introduced him to the concept of discipline.