Why do parents send their kids to their room for discipline?

When i was younger i got sent to my room. The only thing i ever had was a bed radio and books. I used to turn on the radio and read a book. Although these days some kids have computers, game consoles, tv's. So the best thing that you could do is make them clean up the yard or house. Something like that if they have been bad. That would be the best type of discipline instead of sending them to their room. You could if you took out all the things that they had in their room. And give it back if they have been good for a couple of days or so.... That would be the best idea.

I did utilize the practice of timeouts when my children were younger, but not in their rooms. Their rooms were full of fun toys! Timeouts were taken on a carpet square in the den or hallway. As they got older, I did send them to their room. But you must remember, by this time they were old enough to relize what they were missing by not being with the family. (watching a rented movie or whatever). As teens, I send them to their room but the door must remain open and the computer and telephone are off limits. (they each have laptops in their rooms). If that restriction is broken, I take the laptop or phone for a week.

I do practice that. Sometimes both the child and parent need a "Time Out" before things get out of hand. The child's room is the safest place for him to be, especially if as a parent you're pretty upset with something that has happened. My son went through a spell where he would pitch the most horrible fits, trying to get his way...even if it was harmful for him. When he was young I could hold him and talk to him and settle him down, but once he was about 8 years old that didn't work. I would have him sit on his bed until he settled down and I would check in on him in 5-10 minutes and we'd then try to talk through things. He eventually learned once a fit happens...what he wants is instant "NO". Now since my boys are older, yes they have a computer...with a password...that I can change as I feel they've earned the privelege. Other than that, its just their bed and dressers of clothing, their bibles and sports mags. So if they actually take time to read...hey its doing them a favor in the long run. My youngest wants to be in the middle of everything so this discipline...works wonders for improving behavior in a short period of time.

I don't send my kids to their room for discipline. I send them to their room for sanity... sometimes mine, sometimes theirs, usually both! If we are having an argument or something has gone wrong and tempers are just flaring, nothing is going to be resolved in a productive way. So, I send them to their rooms to sit on their beds and I go sit somewhere else until everyone cools off. They are not, however, to do anything else. The most they end up doing is laying on the bed rather than sitting which, in and of itself, tends to bring them back down a notch. But I totally agree with you -- sending a child to their room, especially a young one who has lots of toys, isn't discipline... unless you can remove all stimuli before sending them there (which I, quite honestly, would have been too tired and too fed up to do! LOL).

i don't send my daughter to her room for punishment. she'd just have fun in there, doens't seem like a punishment to me. i send her to a certain chair in the house, every time she has a time out.

i think people do this because they simply cant control their anger/emotion, always putting emotion on top, you know when you get mad at someone sometime you feel really emotional that you cant think anything else at all. but parents have some love in their heart so they just make a quick and common decision to sent their kids to their room, cause its hard to get near someone you're mad at

I have done it in the past but I also took out their toys so all they had was their furniture...if you dont do that then like you said, what the hell is the point? Espeically these parents who send their kids to their rooms knowing full well the childs room has a tv, video games, computer w/internet, dvd player etc etc..seems stupid to me....

I have sent my 2 year old to his room, maybe twice, when the time out has proven to be ineffective. But, He knows he's not allowed to play, and he must sit on his bed. If i hear his feet touch the floor, he's in BIG trouble and he knows it. He actually sits there for the time, usually cries during it, but I find it can be more affective than his regular time-out spot, when there is a lot going on, or when he is just being a bear all day long. I do believe that a punishment needs to be a punishment, not a break for mom and dad, and have never considered that parents send children to their rooms for this purpose, but I think you are right, there are probably parents that do this.

i have done that myself in the past now ill send them to my room which has no toys or anything they can enjoy. its either that or they have to set on the couch a certain amount of time