Disciplining a toddler is a fucking joke.

"Pick that up! Do you want to go to time out?"

"Uh-huh!" Smiles.

No, kiddo, it's not a good thing. So into the corner she goes and after a minute she gets it. This? Is not a game. This is not fun. It's punishment.

This week we have decided to start holding Avery accountable to her actions by implementing time-out since we aren't fans of spanking. The occasional tap on the hand or butt is fine with us but we prefer non-corporal punishment.

Anyway, it isn't exactly working. The only time we send her to time-out is when she refuses to pick up something that she has clearly thrown across the room on purpose. Once her two minutes are up she concedes and puts away her Legos, toast, clay, whatever she has toss around.

I just don't think she really understands that you aren't supposed to throw shit around. How the hell do you teach your kids to quit being assholes with their belongings?