Am I crossing a line?

[mickyc]

Nothing wrong with what you did! I have a boy who I have put in timeout on multiple occasions when mom is picking up because he goes crazy when she is here and becomes aggressive to the other kids (and mom sits back and watches). She was shocked the first time I did it but she got over it. He had already learned that I back off when mom shows up so once he realized that it didn't matter whether mom was here or not things got better.