Time Out

• Evidence-based time-outs help children develop emotional regulation and reduce disruptive behaviors over time.
• Setting limits can be challenging, humbling, and emotionally triggering, even for trained professionals.
• Neutral, structured discipline—rather than reactivity or permissiveness—strengthens parent-child bonds.
• Parenting isn’t perfection—it’s balancing discipline and connection to build a secure, loving relationship.

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