Ciaran (5) and Xavier (3) are playing in the front room. They start getting into something they shouldn’t. What that is isn’t important.
I raise my voice and say “Get out of there!”
They immediately run and sit together in the big red chair.
I put whatever it was back. As I walk out of the front room Xavier asks if they can get up.
I don’t say anything.
Xavier then asks if they are in time out.
Again, I don’t say anything.
They stayed in the chair together for 5 minutes before getting back up to play.