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[quote=Anonymous]9.37 again.  I forgot to address the misbehavior that you listed.

[quote]I was cleaning the bathroom[b]s[/b] and they were playing inside... for some reason they decided to pull out all of their clothes from the dresser, throw a full open water bottle at one another, and also throw all my work papers around my office[/quote]

Whether they knew not to do the above or not, YOU left your children unsupervised long enough to let it happen.  While they should be corrected, YOU need to supervise your children.  Maybe that means checking on them between each part of cleaning the bathroom: spray the shower, check, scrub the toilet, check, wipe the mirror, check, clean the sink, check, clean the shower, check, move on to the next bathroom.  Maybe it means they need to play just outside the bathroom door.  Whatever you choose to do, YOU need to change what you do.

[quote]throw a full open water bottle at one another[/quote] No more water bottles.  They need to mop up the water, then walk the wet towels to the washing machine and put them in (if front loader, hand them to you if it’s a top loader).

[quote]pull out all of their clothes from the dresser[/quote]  They have to make a good faith attempt at refilling each piece of clothing.  Then it needs to go into the appropriate drawer.  Personally, I wouldn’t care if it was wrinkled, because... kids.  If you care, retold everything after they’re asleep.

[quote]throw all my work papers around my office[/quote]  The office door is now locked anytime you aren’t in it.  They need to pick up all the papers and stack them as neatly as they can (keeping in mind that they are 3 and 5, so not very neat...) on your desk.

If you can’t or won’t supervise your children, they will misbehave.  That’s the nature of children.  When they do, the consequence should be directly related to the misbehavior, if at all possible.  You need to reframe your expectations and figure out a way to parent safely, or your children could end up in serious trouble (5yo disappearing or being hurt when nobody knew they were outside is nightmare-inducing).[/quote]

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