Do you know how to discipline your small child when he misbehave? Let’s assume that your child has bitten someone. Here is a simple, highly effective way of discouraging this behavior: Say to him: “we do not bite.” Say nothing more than this give no further description of the behavior, no explanation of what you are doing. Say nothing except, “we do not bite.” Take him by the hand and seat him in a small chair facing a blank wall. Stand close enough so that if he attempts to leave the chair you can immediately return him to it. Keep him in the chair for three minutes. (Do not tell him how long he will be in the chair. Say nothing.) If he screams, kicks the wall, asks questions or says he has to go to the bathroom, ignore him. It is absolutely essential that you say nothing. At the end of the three minutes, keep him in the chair until he has been quiet and well behaved for five more seconds. When he does so, tell him he has been good and may now leave the chair. Never let him leave until he has been well behaved for at least a few seconds. Following time out, say nothing about it. Do not discuss the punished behavior or the fairness of the punishment. Say nothing except, “we do not bite.” Once the child realizes that you mean business, that he cannot manipulate you into providing attention for bad behavior, time out will proceed more smoothly and quickly and there will be far fewer times when you need to use it.