#JoFrost from #Supernanny is still helping families after 35 years in the nanny business. But she wants to clear up what #gentleparenting really means and to make timeouts less subjective.⁠ ⁠ “Some will say it means no discipline and no consequences at all and others will say it does," Frost explains about gentle parenting. "That’s my point, nobody is quite clear.”⁠ ⁠ She recommends children remain in timeout for one minute per age. If a child gets up before the time is over, the timer is reset to the beginning.⁠ ⁠ She says the version of what she calls a timeout "is modified from a practice that was happening back in the 1900s, a very clear explanation of the importance of why a timeout creates healthy boundaries and the importance of that." Frost thinks that now, a lot of parents "have abused the timeout to really control a child rather than to feel like they are creating some positive, healthy boundaries.”⁠ ⁠ New techniques, different approaches and changing styles have been introdu...