THE "TIME OUT" GENERATION
THE "CUT OFF" GENERATION
From “Time Out” to “Cut Off”: How We Lost the Art of Staying in Conflict
By Dr. Jennifer Freed
In the 1980s and '90s, a wave of well-meaning parenting books and televised experts popularized the idea of the time-out—a supposedly kinder, gentler alternative to yelling or spanking. The idea was simple: if a child was acting out, they’d be removed from the s…
