Originally Posted by Dude
Our use of timeouts is a bit different than how it's used in most families. They're not a punishment, though DD9 still needs some convincing on that. We send her to her room to deal with emotional overload. She's free to do whatever she wants in there, and she's free to come out as soon as she's ready. If she comes out and starts yelling at us again, she's sent back in.
We did this for many years. When my son was younger he would sometimes just lose it and I would send him to him room. It wasn't punishment just that he needed time to decompress, and we needed space. When he was rational we could talk.