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#160 The Trouble With Time Out with Alfie Kohn

#160 The Trouble With Time Out with Alfie Kohn

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families

November 16, 202016m 16s

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Show Notes

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • The history of Time-Out
  • Praise and rewards, just like punishments, are really about power
  • The positive reinforcement we're removing during time out is LOVE
  • Time-out ruptures your relationship
  • Time-out communicates the conditionality of our love
  • We have to work out a way of doing things WITH children, rather than doing things TO them
  • Children should be loved for who they are, not what they do
  • What to do instead?
  • We need to move beyond behaviour


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Webinar Dr Justin mentioned - Tweens, Teens & Screens (Also included in our Happy Families Membership)

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