Timeouts Can Be Rebranded as Mindful Moments

Kristen: Timeouts can accidentally signal that big feelings are actually not okay in our family. And then it becomes a missed opportunity on how to teach them to handle those feelings, she says. Kristen: I had a really interesting conversation with Joshua Sparrow, who runs the Brazelton Institute and we were talking about how timeouts need to be rebranded as mindful moments. He was just like, it's been marketed so poorly and done so, you know, in a cruel kind of way,. Kristin: But there are beautiful ways to help kids self regulate if they can't have you in that moment.