Too Cool for school!

Ok, well we are here again, Monday! For some its  a time to reflect on the week ahead, for others, its just " Blue " ...To be honest, i dont really enjoy getting up on a Monday morning to head to work. Anyway, So i arrived at work this morning, expecting loads of kids to come rushing in, but thankfully that was not the case...It was rather a pleasant day... While working with kids, u tend to expect all hell to break lose at some point..but to my surprise, it was rather a calm day! The most we had all day..was putting a child in time- out twice! Does time-out really work?! Sometimes i wonder! Most parents say that Giving your child a light tap on the bottom is just not on!! Rather Give him/her a time-out! Well, that is a hard question, coz where do we draw the line?? .I think it is important to let the child know who is boss, and if the one method is not working, or they start seeing it as a game,  then it really isn't that effective anymore and maybe u should try a new approach. When i was young and i did something wrong there was no such thing as time out, i was given a hiding, simple as that! And it taught me very quickly that there was painful consequences to my misbehavior, and made me think the next time i decided to do something naughty! But As u know, i work in a school environment and hitting a child in a situation like that is not considered the right thing to do, So having other diciplines in place, is very important, Such as time-out, Talking to the the child, making he/she understand what they did was wrong, and if there was more than one child involved, make sure the child can apologise and say they are sorry, and maybe hug the person who was hurt. But at the end of the day, As long as there is a lesson to be learnt, however u choose to handle the situation is enitirely up to you!