Ok I have a problem I've been putting DS on a time-out whenever he does something he is not suppose to do. Not for long though about two minutes. He's either in the corner or in the chair sitting down until I tell him he can leave. WEll lately he's been testing me. He's been going to the corner and sitting down in the "naughty chair" just for the heck of it. Now I'm afraid that whenever he gets in trouble to him its just a "habit" of going there and become a "joke" to him. I tried taking out his "privilages" like watching TV, favorite toys, no dessert etc.. but so far he's not missing any of those things. I'm running out of ideas of what I can do to him as far as "punishment" goes. I hope you guys can give me some tips.

How old is he...?

Time-outs just don't work with some kids. Time-out should probably be about a minute per year of age for your child. I guess if he's sitting in the 'naughty chair' just for fun, I would ignore it, if when you actually DO put him in a time-out, that it actually seems to be helpful.

I'm not a person that 'takes away' things. I just have never had to do that with my kids. I think with punishments, sometimes you just have to be creative. What really means something to him? It's hard to say because I don't recall his age offhand...

We had the same problem with our ds.
Finally my dh started putting toys in the trash (mind you not good ones but ds doesn't get it). And they don't come out. So now we just have to threaten. I don't know if that will work for you because my ds is very attached to everything. He is my opposite. He is a pack rat.
Another thing we did was turn his chair towards the wall. That way he didn't have anything to look at.

Good luck! Boys are really hard, you'll just have to find something that works for you.

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When my boys do something wrong even the ones I bsbysit they do put themselves in and tell me to set the timer along with an apology

HE just turned two last week.

Okay...well I don't think taking away TV or desserts is going to mean much to a two year old. JMO

Does the naughty chair work for you when you do use it? If so, I'd continue to use it and just ignore him when he plays around on it.

No the naughty chair doesn't work anymore. I tried putting him there today he keeps getting up and leaving the area. Then he laughs at me and run away.

Well, I know I'll be the odd man out, LOL, but I didn't do big punishments at the age of two. If one of my guys was getting into something they weren't supposed to, I would just remove them from the situation. Certainly, I would say "no", but I was doing more redirecting than actual punishing.

Can you give me an example of what he's doing to be punished for?

Like he's hitting his baby sister (2 months old), hitting me, slapping me, pulling wires from the computer, getting all the DVD's out and scratching them, turning the stove on (Big thing) kicking the dog (another big thing) Honestly he can't listen to me anymore. I don't know if he is jealous with the baby, terrible two's, wanting attention all the time but he's behavior seems to be getting worse. Removing him from the area and telling him no didn't work.

Could he be craving some attention?

Have you tried one of those devices to prevent him from gaining access to the stove handles? Are you able to remove them so he can't turn them on?

Can you move the DVD's to a different location for the time being so he can't get at them?