We were told not to start until they were 2 years old, as before that they wont really grasp the concept.

Time out here is a minute for each year of life, they are given a warning (I count to three) If I reach three then they get time out. However there are no warnings for violence, otherwise they will just hit, bite etc cause they know they are just going to get free shots anyway right? Our time out area is on the bottom step away from toys and anything fun. Explaination for time out is given when they go there, they can move around on the step but if they move off from it I put them back without a word or eye contact, nothing for them to get attention on. Once time out is finished we carry on as normal.

We've only just started putting it into full effect, we havent really needed it before then, and it works really well thus far *touch wood*.