the naughty step

Greek translation: τιμωρία στον τοίχο / στο δωμάτιο

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English term or phrase:the naughty step
Greek translation:τιμωρία στον τοίχο / στο δωμάτιο
Entered by: Hellinas

14:05 Jun 7, 2016
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English term or phrase: the naughty step
The naughty step or time out are incredibly popular parenting methods, recommended by everyone from TV parenting experts to health visitors alike. The idea is simple: if your child is doing something you don’t like then ignoring the behaviour and punishing the child by removing him to a step, corner or similar for a few minutes will ultimately extinguish the behaviour. This is supposed to work for two reasons – firstly: it is presumed children only ‘act up’ to get our attention, therefore if we ignore the behaviour we don’t like they will stop acting that way and secondly: it presumes that punishment makes children consider their wrongdoings and resolve to be better next time.
French mothers will say 'au coin' (to the corner)'. My mother in those olden days would say:'go to your bedroom'. Some educationalists call it 'the thinking step'; others say that young children time have a different brain structure to an adult and in most cases they behave in a certain way because they cannot stop themselves from doing so and thus a naughty step is a mistaken idea on the part of parents and a more appropriate response to a naughty child is positive time and attention, hugs, conversation, somebody to listen to them.
I'm sorry for the long explanation but I would like to know what Greek parents or teachers do to a child showing regressive behaviour or rather what they would say to such a child. Modern UK caregivers say 'Go to your cot/ go to the naughty step/ the thinking step.'
Hellinas
Local time: 17:32
τιμωρία στον τοίχο / στο δωμάτιο
Explanation:
https://www.google.it/search?q=Vai nell angolo per punizione...

Με έβαλε τιμωρία στο δωμάτιο μου.
Τον έστειλε τιμωρία...
Η δασκάλα τον έβαλε τιμωρία στον τοίχο.
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Magda P.
Italy
Local time: 18:32
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Thanks as usual to all for their discussion notes. I liked M Phili's Πήγαινε στο δωμάτιο σου χωρίς τεχνολογία as well as her suggested answers & the website she referred me to. It seems that the 'naughty/thinking step' was an idea invented & pioneered in 2004 by a certain Jo Frost, a British nanny, who in a series of TV programmes called 'Supernanny' put forward her ideas on nannying. For further information see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Frost.
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τιμωρία στον τοίχο / στο δωμάτιο


Explanation:
https://www.google.it/search?q=Vai nell angolo per punizione...

Με έβαλε τιμωρία στο δωμάτιο μου.
Τον έστειλε τιμωρία...
Η δασκάλα τον έβαλε τιμωρία στον τοίχο.

Magda P.
Italy
Local time: 18:32
Native speaker of: Greek
Grading comment
Thanks as usual to all for their discussion notes. I liked M Phili's Πήγαινε στο δωμάτιο σου χωρίς τεχνολογία as well as her suggested answers & the website she referred me to. It seems that the 'naughty/thinking step' was an idea invented & pioneered in 2004 by a certain Jo Frost, a British nanny, who in a series of TV programmes called 'Supernanny' put forward her ideas on nannying. For further information see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Frost.
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