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I was watching some of nannyde's youtube videos and I love her idea for using towels on the ground to visually block off restricted areas for the kids. I'm just wondering a couple things as far as implementing this.
Do you think you can teach a younger child not to cross it, but allow older children to cross it? For example, I want my older ds to be allowed to go down the hallway to use the restroom independently and use the older play sets that are stored separately, but I don't want my 2 yo dcg to go down the hall. Is it possible to teach her not to cross it even if she sees him crossing it? Is that fair?
She wants desperately to follow him everywhere, but I can't trust her out of my sight for a second b/c of aggression and also can't trust her to keep pieces out of her mouth if she enters the bigger kid toy area down the hall.
My 17 mo can go down the hall, choose an activity, bring it to the main area, and take it back when done with some reminding. He isn't mean to any other children and doesn't damage the toys. Therefore I allow him to do it. (I can see this area if I'm standing, but not if I'm sitting in the floor with a baby. Line of sight is blocked by a couch.) However, dcg has proven time and again that she can't handle the privilege so I don't allow her to do it. I'm just wondering if that is going to be too confusing to her if she sees certain kids allowed to cross the barrier at will, but she's not allowed to.
Do you think you can teach a younger child not to cross it, but allow older children to cross it? For example, I want my older ds to be allowed to go down the hallway to use the restroom independently and use the older play sets that are stored separately, but I don't want my 2 yo dcg to go down the hall. Is it possible to teach her not to cross it even if she sees him crossing it? Is that fair?
She wants desperately to follow him everywhere, but I can't trust her out of my sight for a second b/c of aggression and also can't trust her to keep pieces out of her mouth if she enters the bigger kid toy area down the hall.
My 17 mo can go down the hall, choose an activity, bring it to the main area, and take it back when done with some reminding. He isn't mean to any other children and doesn't damage the toys. Therefore I allow him to do it. (I can see this area if I'm standing, but not if I'm sitting in the floor with a baby. Line of sight is blocked by a couch.) However, dcg has proven time and again that she can't handle the privilege so I don't allow her to do it. I'm just wondering if that is going to be too confusing to her if she sees certain kids allowed to cross the barrier at will, but she's not allowed to.
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I am speaking mostly from current experience Because I have a VERY rambunctious 2 yo DCB. He is my biter, hitter, and wild child. I reinforce our rules every single day, several times a day. But he still does as he wishes. Therefore, I know I cannot trust him to abide the boundaries, so the other children incur the same boundaries and supervision! Those are the circumstances that make it more difficult!
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