How do you tell your dc off?

[SpacePuppy]

For example, I tell my ds to leave the printer alone (he already broke one) and then he likes my reaction so much he does it again.

So I'm a wimp and don't want to shout and say no all the time, but this morning I was busy elsewhere and I could hear him at the printer, so I walked to the room, gave him a hardy stare and told him you know you're not supposed to be playing with the printer (while pointing my finger at him). I then picked him up and put him in the hallway and closed the door to the study. He was a bit upset ( not really crying more irritated with loosing a "toy")I walked away to my room and carried on getting ready, he then just went into the lounge, found a toy and came waltzing into my room, when he saw me he had a look of

but saying that I know tomorrow he will get in here again and will not be able to resist.

WhatisThis, how would you actually get them to take time out at such a young age, from a practical point of view?

No, I wasn't having a go at you NLNN/Whatisthis. While you strongly believe in time-out, I prefer not to use it and regard it much the way Franny described. I'm sure Spacepuppy will make her own mind up It's just that with all the lots of advice to use time-out seemingly at every opportunity (not by you) it is sometimes easy to overlook that there is a different way or to feel that if you are doing things a different way then to doubt you are doing things right. I wanted Spacepuppy to know that she was not on her own if she didn't use time-out and that I don't think it's a great idea particularly at this age.

Hi, now that you are here I can apologise to you too for my grumpy cowness.

Sorry for my grumpy cowness.

No need to apologise. You made me sit up and think about what I'd posted, which isn't a bad thing. I like the 'grumpy cowness'. Sounds like a royal title