[robandjulie]

1. Her attitude is unbelieveable!

2. my initial reaction was "no, absolutely not!" thinking you meant spanking or similar. Then when I read it, I thought about changing my vote to "yes, it's ok" because while I completely disagree with her implementation of the rule, if you count a time out as physical punishment (which I guess it is, since you're physically limited) then I think that's appropriate with the right application--which this is not.

What bothers me here is that it's not just physical punishment as a time out or doing a service to the class (like having to stay in and help tidy the room b/c he made a huge mess)--it's public shaming. And while I don't believe that all kids are precious delicate snowflakes that can't take a little constructive criticism or learn to do better by being ashamed of their intentional misbehavior when it's pointed out to them that they screwed up and it's hurting others and should apologize and make it right, I really don't think it's appropriate for a 5 year old AT ALL and especially b/c it's likely to be completely unrelated to the "crime".