Kaman's 'naughty chair'

I decided about a month ago to start sending Kaman to the "naughty chair" when he is bad. He has been a little aggressive lately, and whether that's a boy thing or not, I needed to fixed it. He likes to hit people, things, what ever is close, etc., when he doesn't get his way. He'll also throw his toys at you when he gets mad.

I've been watching a show called the "Supernanny" for quite a while and I got a few ideas from it. When a child misbehaves you are first to give him a warning. If he does the act again you are then supposed to get down to his level, speak in a firm voice, tell him what he did wrong and why you are putting him in the 'naughty chair'. Then you place him in the chair, step, pad, corner, etc., and leave him there for 1 minute of each year old he/she is. If the child keeps getting up from the step you are to keep putting him back until he stays there for the allotted time. Sometimes on the show this could take hours, but sticking with it is what works. After the time is up, get down to his level, tell him what he did wrong and why you put him there. Then tell him you want an apology. The first time we did this with Kaman he did not want to say the word "sorry". It was a power struggle between him and me and he was not going to budge and say he was sorry. Needless to say, he stayed in the chair until he said sorry. Well, he finally got the point that you sit in the chair, mom comes to get you, and you say sorry. And, unfortunately, it has become a game for him. When I start to tell him no he says, "go to the bad chair", while saying it with a smile. Then he'll race to the chair and sit down. At this point, I'm thinking, this is not working he likes it too much. Something had to change. So, today I changed chairs and moved it to a different spot. Bingo! He didn't like that. Now maybe the technique Supernanny taught me might work. :)

This is the first 'naughty chair'. I think the fact that it was in his room wasn't a good idea.



And this is his new chair and the new place. That chair doesn't look as comfortable and the area is in the living room. Not too exciting - just what I wanted. :)