3 going on 16...

Holly cow.. I knew Kyle is stubborn, but geez. OK according to developmental psychologists and books, usual effective time out is about 1 minute per age so 3 minutes for Kyle. We hear that 3-5 minutes is effective. Well.. no not my son. Last night Kyle had a fit when I turned off the TV to start getting ready for bed. He got really upset/frustrated and said "NO! I don't like that" and hit me on the chest. Obviously we don't allow hitting in the house, nor talking in that tone. So I took him upstairs to his room to calm him down. We asked him to apologize and state the rule "no hitting". We stayed in his room for about 5 minutes. he would just sit and not say a word..then he started trying to play with his toys, so we moved him into the 2nd bathroom upstairs. Darin and I both talked to him and said that "no hitting" and "you need to say I'm sorry mommy". Talk about stubborn.. remember usual kids.. 3-5 minutes..my son... 1 1/2 hours. YES! you read right 1 1/2 hours. He sat in the bathroom just whining. He finally said "I'm sorry mommy" at 1 hour 10 minutes..took another 20 minutes to say "no hitting". oh boy.. if he's like this at 3...what is he going to be like at 16.

Jen I hear you saying that it's the "matsuo" gene. yah i know... I was hoping that it wasn't genetic...oh boy.