Why it's 'Time Out' on the naughty step
Ten plus years ago Super Nanny gloriously marched ‘naughty’ children off to the ‘naughty step’ for a ‘time out’ as punishment for an undesired behaviour the child had demonstrated. As the TV programme showed, a battle of wills and the persistent placing the child back on the naughty step every time the child dared to veer away from their allocated spot the child eventually gave in and was somehow cured of all wrongs. In times of challenge, parenting is hard, it’s draining and