Mothering Many

From my email:
But how do you do that with a 2 year old?

They understand a lot more than you think. Also, time out works at this age. Just as we are out of fellowship with God when we disobey and it bothers us until we repent, being out of fellowship with us (via timeout) bothers young children. And if they won’t listen to reason, well I’ll leave that up to you.

The important thing is that the children look to you for direction. Spending time with them, laughing and loving, will make it important to them to be in communion with you. They will want to please you in order to get more of that positive contact.