Short, cute can be scary . I think it depends on what your kids are doing and how you want to discipline them. It sounds bad but time out for my son until he understood it was a play pen with the time out chair in it. It gave him a safe space while we started cleaning up but with us time out didn't start until he stopped talking back. We had a timer that beep. Time out when he was little was to keep him safe.

Now that he's older he has to write down why he choose the action that got him in trouble and solutions for solving the issue without getting in trouble.