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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok I may not be the best judge here... but the kids are 3 and 5. That’s very little, especially for the 3 year old. I don’t know what the right punishment is but doesn’t seem like long term punishments are appropriate. Seems like better course is to work on behavior more generally and have a holistic plan to address it.[/quote]

I'm the first PP who asked why OP left the kids with an unprepared sitter. Agree that they are pretty young, and the sitter sounds naive, so I think the biggest issue here is probably OP not setting her kid(s) up for success.

As a teen, I babysat for a 6 year old who at our first meeting (once parents had left) threw wooden blocks at my head and then claimed to have no clue what I meant when I told him he needed to go to time out.  I remember telling the parents about the time out thing when they got home in case they were horrified, but they continued to hire me, sooooo...maybe it did some good, as I never had major issues with him again outside of normal high-energy little kid stuff.[/quote]

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