Daycaremum, is that what you do? 1 minute per age? My daycare only goes from babies to age 4 as do most daycare centres I would guess so that's not unreasonable I suppose. I only use a timeout for maybe 30 seconds until they have looked me in the eye and acknowedged that they understand what they did wrong. I haven't used a timeout in months except for a couple of times because I don't have any toddlers going through any rough stages right now, they are all playing together wonderfully. I'm always so thankful with a happy group. Well, and then there is the new baby screamer, but that's another story.