Posted By: maam on 2007-02-04
In Reply to: My child got in trouble at school. - time-out

Apologies seem to stick with my children; my boy has had to apologize to his teacher for misbehaving and guess what, no problems since. I think making her apologize is appropriate and will humble her enough to never have to worry about it again.

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