THE BUNNY CHAIR

"What's up Doc?" It is on order of my son's 2nd grade teacher, that the bunny chair shall be used for time out. I hope that doesn't give my son a long lasting fear of bunnies?! He seems to be taking it all in stride. I, however, spent the weekend online wondering if time outs were still used in schools. I still remember that when my daughter was in Kindergarten, the guidance counselor gave a seminar for parents on discipline. All the parents were told we should not hit our kids, and then we were told we were not to give them time outs. Having a child that only recently had begun to speak, verbal reasoning seemed a far off dream for me, so I raised my hand and asked what we could do if we can't use time outs, he said he would tell us all the following week. Well, I never did get the answer, but I have had an uncomfortable feeling about time outs ever since.  My daughter is moving along well in school. At least, there have been no frightening calls requesting that I come pick her up. In fact, her teachers seem to like her. I wonder if that will last. We are going in to discuss moving her into harder classes. I've come to enjoy those easy classes, after all, less homework for my daughter, is less homework for me. But, at the speed she is going, a regents diploma may be a far off dream. Is it time to raise the bar?