Time Out

From a parental/disciplinarian standpoint I believe we have a problem; my daughter loves time-out. This all began Thanksgiving weekend, but I believe to give an accurate description we need to back up a bit. We started time-out as a discipline action. (I'm not a huge fan of spanking) So, the first day she experienced time-out she looked at me like "Hey this isn't so bad" and I began to worry. However, during her 2 minutes of time-out her daddy came home and she didn't think it was very fun to sit there any longer when she could be rushing to the window to greet him. It was then that I thought "Hey, this is going to work!" How wrong I was! You see, here is what happened Thanksgiving weekend: My daughter did something naughty and she was sent to time-out; all by herself, nobody was allowed to talk to her, be by her, look at her, etc. Here is the backfire, SHE LOVED IT! She loved the fact that in time-out she got to be by herself, no J.T., no Addison. My daughter began randomly putting herself in time-out. Or she would come to me and beg to be put in time-out. In fact, the only time she cries in time-out is when someone else is violating her time-out rules (a.k.a. someone is getting in her space)

So, what do I do? What new methods of discipline should we use? Beats me. Kameryn still understands that time-out is a punishment, but she also thinks it is a privelage. When she is having a rough day she is constantly begging me to let her go to time-out. I should have known this would happen, she has always been a girl who is very content to be alone. Ah children, you think you have them mastered and they turn the tables on you.