Many parents and guardians use time-outs to correct children’s bad behavior. According to the Best Start Resource Centre: Ontario’s Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre a time-out is an approach that requires removing a child from their immediate environment for a short time, as a result of a behavior perceived by the caregiver as a transgression. Many caregivers think putting a child in time-out is an effective way to discipline them and frequently use this practice.