Chapter 11 - Camilla’s Explanation
Camilla called the cage:
“containment.”
Her therapist later challenged that term.
Containment is sometimes used in clinical settings under strict regulation.
A dog crate on a patio is not clinical containment.
Why did she do it?
Camilla said Pippa’s tantrums became:
“unmanageable.”
She claimed traditional time-outs failed.
Pippa left the chair.
She screamed.
She followed Camilla through the house.
The cage prevented her from:
“controlling everyone.”
That phrase exposed something.
A five-year-old crying for an adult feels controlling only if the adult believes a child’s distress is a power contest.
Pippa was not strategically controlling the household.
She was five.
That did not mean every tantrum deserved capitulation.
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It meant discipline needed to teach.
Not dominate.
