The disciplinary technique known as the ‘timeout,’ which Dr. Staats pioneered in the late 1950s, gave parents an alternative to spanking and helped usher in a new era of child rearing.
The disciplinary technique known as the ‘timeout,’ which Dr. Staats pioneered in the late 1950s, gave parents an alternative to spanking and helped usher in a new era of child rearing.
A behavioral psychologist, he advised that it was more productive to briefly isolate a misbehaving child than to spank or yell at him. Thus a household phrase was born.