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Seclusion means the confinement of a child, in any room, in a manner that prevents the child from leaving. This site will give you your states laws on restraint and seclusion: Scroll to the bottom and click on your state. Most states do not have local laws pertaining to this issue or, they are making laws. Federal law provides for restraint and seclusion in schools, foster homes, hospital settings, group homes and nursing homes. However, not all states address this issue. Regarding seclusion in the home as punishment, usually it is reported to Social Services and, after an investigation they feel the child is at risk, they will remove the child from the home. The guidelines for seclusion are that you have the means to constantly watch the child while in seclusion. You cannot prohibit the child from leaving the room, they have to be able to leave. There are many documented cases in which a child has died while in seclusion. That is too big a chance to take. There are other better ways to address misbehavior. Here is a site I think you may like that gives you information on different punishments and the effects it has on the child: I worked 25 years in the social services field and, at first I thought this was all baloney. I found out it is NOT and when I had to raise my grandchildren, I used these guidelines and WOW, what an improvement over what I did when I raised my own children. It does work. You will have to put in a bit more work in the beginning because you have to be consistent and follow through and that takes extra effort on your part. However, it will not take long for your child to accept different forms of discipline, rules. I used to tell parents if they threw away all parenting materials and I could give them one single word that works, that word is consistency. The use of seclusion is totally unacceptable if the child is under 10 and should only be used in ages over 10 using the same rule of not locking the door. Sending them to their room or any room where there are distractions just does not work as punishment. You can get a ton of ideas online by searching for acceptable and age appropriate punishments. In parenting books discipline is defined as the rules guidelines and standards we set for our children. Punishment is defined as the act of a parent when the rules, guidelines or standards are broken.. Punishment should always fit the 'crime'. It should also be age appropriate and not excessive. Excessive punishment works to a parents disadvantage. The child will forget what the 'crime' was because the punishment is so severe, they do not associate the crime with the punishment. You will find this addressed in the last site I gave you. I am probably rambling on but, I just really want to give you as much information as I can so you can implement better discipline and punishment skills.

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