Am I crossing a line?

[mickyc]

I personally don't allow that sort of behaviour (big outbursts/tantrum's). It is an immediate time out. Out of all the kids I have had over the last few years there was only one boy that gave me a run for my money! He would melt down over the silliest things. Instant time out and then he would have his tantrum in time out. He quickly learned that the longer he carried on the longer he sat in timeout. I also had to find other things that I could use - for example - he hated being last and if he happened to be last at something and threw a tantrum over it then he would be made to go last for the remainder of the day. He soon learned that his undesirable behaviour resulted in undesirable consequences. He was exhausting for the year I had him but I had to be consistent. He would give a big production when he would get picked up. It was ridiculous.