the naughty step

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did anyone hear the piece on Radio 4 this morning on the naughty step? i was driving to work when i heard the blurb for it but couldn't listen at work.

i think they were going to say it wasn't a good idea.

Yes the woman on the radio said you shouldn't use the word naughty as it is too negative, you have to use the word unacceptable.

At which point I started shouting at the radio, so didn't catch the rest.

Caligua, would that not be unasseptable (sic).

"The unacceptable step"?

fgs

Not a fan of "steps" as anything other than "sit on the bottom step to put your shoes on" in this house though.

My dd WANTS a naughty step (so we won't give her one!)

lol!! I found a naughty step in Menorca in the middle of Cuitadella town centre to put Dd1 on when she started being nasty to dd2....

argh. i thought someone would have actually had something intelligent to say about it for a change.

what a waste of time.

thanks for letting me know i missed nothing.

I once put my DS1 in the 'naughty vestibule' and forgot all about him.

Mrs S I did think of e-mailing in telling them they'd got it wrong, that the correct term is unasseptable.

They know nothing

I actually heard this - they did have a Sensible Voice on too (was it Alistair Campbell's missus? Fiona Miller?) - anyway she sounded completely human, unlike the mad old bat who said we mustn't evereverever say "you naughty boy". It was all about being sensible and kind and reasonable with the naughty little sods. Pshaw.