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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.

The water water water thing was one time and in a robot voice to a general audience, not really a command, and I was kind of just passing near, so it didn't feel quite punishable given the situation, but I understand your point that you feel *I* need to be less "tolerant." I can assure you I've tried several things and, this is entirely new to me, so I am asking because the things I have tried have not worked.

So,m if you told a 5yo to obey the new AP, and told her to not tolerate disobedience, but then you hear that she asked him to come inside from outside multiple times without result, what would you do? I can't think of an example that I've seen or heard of where he was playing with something and being disobedient, but even if he was incidentally holding a Lego, I can tell you right now she's too nice to take it from him even if I tell her to.

The nanny would just put him in timeout on the rare occasion it was necessary. Occasionally she would "nanny shop" a toy that wasn't cleaned up as requested. She'd make him do chores and everything, as I do. I have been told I need to adjust my expectations going from nanny to AP so I am looking for suggestions that stay realistic in terms of what I can reasonably request and expect.

Thanks very much for your feedback and suggestions.[/quote]

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