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I never thought I would be a believer in time-outs before I had children. When I was a kid, my mom's wooden spoon was pretty effective. I have never hit my kids with something and don't see a time when I will. Removing them from the problem activity, usually makes a point. As far as how to use timeouts, I've heard that a minute per year of age is appropriate enough to get your point across. So a minute and a half for your daughter probably doesn't sound like much, but that's pretty big when you're 18 months. She's not quite old enough for this yet, but when my kids are continually misbehaving in one activity, I take away another unrelated activity that they like. So now their actions have extended consequences beyond the immediate situation. A form of "grounding" I guess, the next level beyond time-out. That sticks in their head pretty well.

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