Thinking about time outs in the doghouse

Recently I put Benji in timeout for not minding and found myself in the doghouse. Sandy said children under the age of 18 months have no ability to understand that they are being punished for bad behavior. She also said the timeout rule is one minute for each year of age. What! This would mean our boys should receive only a fifty second punishment; my daddy’s old fashion spankings lasted longer than that, and they were more effective behavior modifiers. Researching this topic I found experts saying there's no evidence that using the one-minute per year marker works, or that time-outs themselves work. The technique is overused by parents and caregivers, especially for children under 3. So, I guess I’ll have to wait a while before I can punish the children again. I’ll be thinking about this while I sit in the corner of 45 minutes as Sandy’s punishment for my wrong doing.