We recently decided that Elizabeth isn't too young for short time-outs. Especially when she is hitting people. So last Saturday I was faced with putting her in a time-out for hitting her sister. The whole scenario went a little like this.....
For awhile they were playing chalk very nicely. However at one point Morgan took a piece of chalk that Elizabeth viewed as hers. For a minute Elizabeth sat there and said "No...No...No..." then she got up, walked over to where Morgan was and hit her on the head a couple of times. So fro that Elizabeth had to sit in time-out.
Since we were outside Greg put her on the step in the garage. Far away from all the toys...
She sat there for a good 20 seconds...
She then realized that no one was really watching her closely, so she thought she would get up. Immediately Greg made her walk back to her spot on the step.
What you can't see in this picture is the sad little face she was making. Tears and all. It was like she was doing the walk of shame back to her step. Luckily for Elizabeth her time- out only lasted a totally of 30 seconds. But she didn't hit Morgan for the rest of the afternoon.
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