NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Timeouts improve kids' behavior if you do them the right way

  • Written by Lucy (Kathleen) McGoron, Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development, Wayne State University
imageThe disciplinary technique can reduce aggression and help get children to follow family rules. Brooke Fasani Auchincloss/The Image Bank via Getty Images

With parents spending more time with their children than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their need for discipline that works is greater than ever. Fortunately, there are some proven techniques....

Read more: Timeouts improve kids' behavior if you do them the right way

More Articles ...

  1. Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms
  2. Does coronavirus linger in the body? What we know about how viruses in general hang on in the brain and testicles
  3. Why a Canadian hockey team's name recalls US Civil War destruction
  4. One 19th-century artist's effort to grapple with tuberculosis resonates during COVID-19
  5. Fine-particle air pollution has decreased across the US, but poor and minority communities are still the most polluted
  6. How California’s COVID-19 surge widens health inequalities for Black, Latino and low-income residents
  7. Hitler en casa: cómo la máquina de relaciones públicas nazi reinventó la imagen doméstica del Führer y engañó al mundo
  8. Test positivity rate: How this one figure explains that the US isn't doing enough testing yet
  9. Energy is a basic need, and many Americans are struggling to afford it in the COVID-19 recession
  10. The importance of blood tests for Alzheimer's: 2 neuroscientists explain the recent findings
  11. Enslaved people's health was ignored from the country's beginning, laying the groundwork for today's health disparities
  12. 5 takeaways from MacKenzie Scott's $1.7 billion in support for social justice causes
  13. Next COVID casualty: Cities hit hard by the pandemic face bankruptcy
  14. Don't blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic
  15. Business major fails to attract Latino students
  16. Why is Eid celebrated twice a year and how has coronavirus changed the festival?
  17. Private browsing: What it does – and doesn't do – to shield you from prying eyes on the web
  18. Stella Immanuel’s theories about the relationship between demons, illness and sex have a long history
  19. Militias' warning of excessive federal power comes true – but where are they?
  20. Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking more
  21. ¿Qué son los aerosoles y por qué son tan peligrosos ante la pandemia de COVID-19?
  22. NASA's big move to search for life on Mars – and to bring rocks home
  23. As the NBA and MLB resume, how might empty seats influence player performances?
  24. African American teens face mental health crisis but are less likely than whites to get treatment
  25. Landlord-leaning eviction courts are about to make the coronavirus housing crisis a lot worse
  26. The gender pay gap that no one is paying attention to
  27. Bloodthirsty tsetse flies nurse their young, one live birth at a time – understanding this unusual strategy could help fight the disease they spread
  28. What is the Islamic weekend?
  29. Routine gas flaring is wasteful, polluting and undermeasured
  30. Kids need to wear masks when they go to school in person, and parents can help them get the hang of that
  31. Lawmakers keen to break up 'big tech' like Amazon and Google need to realize the world has changed a lot since Microsoft and Standard Oil
  32. ¿Te imaginas la vida sin aguacate? Estos son los momentos en la historia en que pudo desaparecer
  33. Faith-based 'violence interrupters' stop gang shootings with promise of redemption for at-risk youth – not threats of jail
  34. How to hide from a drone – the subtle art of 'ghosting' in the age of surveillance
  35. Yes, kids can get COVID-19 – 3 pediatricians explain what's known about coronavirus and children
  36. Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth's last frontier
  37. Many students with the potential to excel in STEM fields struggle in school
  38. Companies are struggling to engage with today's activists – a new survey explores why
  39. Cómo Jesús llegó a parecerse a un europeo blanco
  40. When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out of office in the British election of 1945
  41. 4 lawsuits that challenge Trump's federal agents in Portland test issues other cities will likely face
  42. At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the world is 6,000 years old
  43. Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis
  44. What are the origins of cathedrals and chapels?
  45. Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost?
  46. The road to electric vehicles with lower sticker prices than gas cars – battery costs explained
  47. The mystery of the missing portrait of Robert Hooke, 17th-century scientist extraordinaire
  48. The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30: A cause for celebration during COVID-19?
  49. Síndrome de Guillain-Barré, raro trastorno neurológico relacionado con COVID-19
  50. Making coronavirus testing easy, accurate and fast is critical to ending the pandemic – the US response is falling far short