01 March 2009

Self-discipline

The other day, the boys were fighting in the playroom. These fights rarely end without violence, and this fight was no different. As Jared walked in to break up the fighting, Aidan was rubbing his head and Austin was walking out of the room saying, "Time out." Austin put himself in the time out chair. Jared, stifling laughter, just walked out because his work had been done for him.

The next day, I witnessed the same thing happen. The problem is (well, besides the obvious hitting and throwing toys problem), Austin puts himself in time out and then stands up after about five seconds. Apparently, he thinks these infractions against Aidan are only worthy of five seconds worth of punishment. He will immediately apologize to Aidan without being told, though. Baby steps, I guess. :-)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

HAHA!! That is hilarious! Apparently time out has lost most of its feared status. I would have cracked up!