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LaComtesse
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
Yeah, this is ridiculous... it's for parents who feel bad about punishing their kids. though I managed to make time outs fun sans bear. I rarely got them, but when I did, I would play with my shadow, so it wasn't a big deal for me.

My brother, on the other hand, spent a ton of time in the "naughty corner." You could tell because his noseprint was on the wall there. You could also tell he'd been going there for years, because the nose print grew higher and higher over the years.
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GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
01/06/09

@LaComtesse: Meh, punishments don't always need to be super negative. Think about adults, when we fight or yell, sometimes we just need a break from a situation. Some time-outs can be like that, like when kids are antagonizing each other, but not really hitting, or when they are just being cranky or not sharing and need some time apart. In my kindergarten class, I had 100% control, but only truly "punished" kids probably 10% of the time they were doing something objectionable. Sometimes just sending them to read a book, and having a talk about the situation after, and getting them truly to understand their behavior was more effective than yelling and making them sit in a corner facing the wall. Of course, today we live in a society where it's much cooler to just be like, "I spank my kids to emphasize how wrong hitting is."

I like this idea, but this bear could stand to be more high-tech!
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YourScreenplaySucks
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
I see a potential Twilight Zone episode here ( a la "Talky Tina" except he's "Time Out Tommy". And he's beginning to hate you)
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MizJenkins
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
I can only imagine that when actually deployed it bears a suspicious resemblance to an amateur bomb.

"Oh HAI there Cuddle Bear...what's that you say? Tick tick tick........KABOOOM!!!"
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MizJenkins
01/06/09

@MizJenkins: Time's up.
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beliefunwrought
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
This thing looks like the crazy punctual cousin of my old heart-to-heart bear.
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Kivrin
01/06/09

@beliefunwrought: I loved the heart-to-heart bear! My friend had one and I wanted it so bad.
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morninggloria
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
This will work about as well as my detention vibrator.
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prestocaro fears the culling
01/06/09

@morninggloria: no, no please! not the vibe! OK, I'll be good! I promise!
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prestocaro fears the culling
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
This thing is scaring me almost as much as Teddy Rukspin (sp?) did. I don't get it... just get a regular kitchen timer. Why must it be embedded into a stuffed animal?
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keldo
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
Wrong! Time out = punishment. Teddy bears = fun. FAIL!
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CrossWord
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
My issue: it will take any child over the age of two to figure out how to mess with the timer. And if they can't touch the bear, what's the point?

Oven timer, kept by Mama, ftw.
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CrossWord
01/06/09

@CrossWord: ...over the age of two *three seconds* ...
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Mkp-hearts-NYC
01/06/09

@CrossWord: Is it weird that I thought I remembered you writing "three seconds" the first time I read it?
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CrossWord
01/06/09

@Mkp-hearts-NYC: ROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIII...
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Mkp-hearts-NYC
01/06/09

@CrossWord: *mind meld*
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Goodbye.Kitty
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
I hated being sent to my room, but once there I would happily read a book and forget that it was a punishment at all.
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bellsandasiren
01/06/09

@Goodbye.Kitty: I would do the same thing, but my parents wised up to that REALLY quick.

To this day, my mom says that I was the only kid in the world for whom taking away her books was a punishment. (And now I say, "Man, you didn't know many kids!")
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FourInchHeels
01/06/09

@bellsandasiren: AHAHA. YOU WERE NOT THE ONLY ONE. Toys didn't faze me .. taking away my books and I would cry for hours. I hated watching tv, I was a book junkie.
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victoriasauce
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
I'll admit, I like it.
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Jessi Ramsey
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
Time out is not suppose to be cuddly. You sit and you think about what you have done or else Mama is getting the wooden spoon.
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battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
Ha, when I was a kid 'time's up' was when my ass stopped hurting enough to move.

Spoiled brats! Get off my lawn!
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prestocaro fears the culling
01/06/09

@battleaxonista: Now I keep it!

Yes, I never had time out, more like, go to your room to wait for me to come and belt you... or go to your room if you can't stop crying, I only slapped you.

Those were the days....
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NewsBunny
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
I do not like him.

Stuffed animals should be adventurous! Would HOBBES sell his soul to be some kind of Furry Nazi? I think not.
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Mkp-hearts-NYC
01/06/09

@NewsBunny: Dunno...Hobbes always got a kick out of being placed in a position of power or favor by the parents
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keldo
01/06/09

@NewsBunny: OMG. Help me. I thought you were getting deep and talking about Thomas Hobbes, the philosopher instead of Calvin's tiger. More wine, stewardess.....
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Kivrin
01/06/09

@keldo: They're pretty similar, though, really -- I'm pretty sure Bill Watterson modeled the tiger's personality after Hobbes the Philosopher! :)
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keldo
01/06/09

@Kivrin: I am sure you are right. I am just in a super literal frame of mind today and envisioned a beared British dude....yikes!
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girlnamedblue
01/06/09

@Kivrin: He did, he based Calvin on John Calvin too. Though picturing Hobbes the tiger made it easier to read Leviathan, or slightly entertaining anyway.
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Kivrin
01/06/09

@keldo: HA! Yeah, that mental image is scary.
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Jack_Burton
01/07/09

@NewsBunny:

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formergr
01/07/09

@2pint: That us delightfully dirty!
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formergr
01/07/09

@formergr:*is*
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Mkp-hearts-NYC
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
That seems like it would very quickly become a double edged sword, causing the kid to confuse punishment with pleasure and...all sorts of issues (some fun, some not) later.

Then again, getting sent to my room always felt plenty punishment enough when I wasn't playing there voluntarily.
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water baby
01/06/09

@Mkp-hearts-NYC: I confuse the two at times and I would say it's fun more often than not ;)
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R_Claw
01/06/09

In reply to Care Bears
That looks like my mom's old kitchen timer in his belly. Cute idea, but couldn't they find a cuter more advanced timer?
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