Some folks seem more OK with the defense of torture and torturers,

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130. And you my dear Number23 just nailed it.

Let's see if I understand this thread and others.

Obama=Bush

Ergo Obama supports torture.

Ergo those that support Obama are POS that support torture

Ergo "Folks" has become an evil buzz word

Ergo take his words and edit them, not for what they meant but for what you want them to mean. It enhances your narrative and it sure as hell is going to get you the clicks that you so desperately need.

Ergo no fricking "adult conversation" will ever happen here at Democratic Underground. The children need to be sent to the corner for a time out. They are out of control. They need the naughty mat and sure as hell need to be talked down.

The Naughty Step Technique

The Naughty Step Technique for Discipline

This technique can be applied between the ages of 2 and 6 years old.

The “What If’s” of the Naughty Step.

1.) My child doesn’t want to look at me when I give them a warning, and puts their hands up over their ears. When a child has done something wrong the last thing they want hear is the authoritative voice of their parent. But trust me when I tell you they can hear every word you are saying. Hold their hands and bring them back down from their face, slow down your speech pattern and continue to give them a warning. Remember, this is your child trying to control the situation.

2.) When I take my child to the step, they keep trying to interrupt me, about what they did. And I never seem to get past step #2. When your child starts to give you a 1000 reasons why they misbehaved. Continue to explain why they are going to sit on the step and let them know that anything they want to talk about after the step is open for discuss. But for right now they are in timeout. This allows the child to realize that you mean what you say.

3.) I have to sit on my child to keep them on the naughty step as they keep running off. It is important for you to do the discipline technique properly and not be side tracked with trying to control what you see happening. Trust in the technique, every child who is strong willed and feisty will immediately get off the step and walk away from it. The reason why they do this is to test, to see whether you will put them back on it. Your follow through is critical to the success of being able to discipline your child for difficult and unruly behavior. Follow through, follow through , follow through.

4.) My child never wants to hear the second explanation. They just want to hug me and get off the step. At this stage it is normally because the child is now feeling sad, which means reflection has taken place, which is a good thing. If they go to hug you, tell them we will do hugs in a minute but it is important that you explain.

5.) Sometimes my child doesn’t want to say sorry and tells me to shut up and go away. There are normally 2 reasons why this happens, one is because the child is still extremely angry that they are being reprimanded. When they choose not to apologize it is important for you to leave them there for 30-40 seconds more until they have calmed down and ask for the apology. Sometimes the child will tell you to go away and seconds later get off the step themselves. This is when it is important to take them back to the step and tell them apologies happen on the step. The other reason is simply they just feel like they don’t have to apologize. And trust me I can trust you know that when a child is not willing to apologize, I can guarantee they live with parents that don’t apologize much either. In this case you will tell them if they are not prepared to apologize they can sit there a bit longer.

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http://www.jofrost.com/naughty-step-technique/