I love your 3 posts Cadillac! It's so true that a 2 year old must be under control BEFORE the terrible twos! I have a 23 month old boy in my care who is the sweetest most wonderful little guy. But he's had short timeouts nonstop for the past couple of months, mostly because he isn't listening to me when I tell him to stop something or come to me when we are outside. These instructions are very important for safety reasons and he needs to know NOW I mean business when I give him an instruction. I sit him out of the play for less than a minute, repeat to him what he did wrong at least 3 times while he's sitting there looking at his friends playing, then let him go with one more warning. I know it works because I've done it with my own children and my daycare children for 4 years now.