Harsh punishment for a 4 year old
he has been doing a few other silly things in the last few weeks, not damaging, just messy/stupid things. never had any problems with his behaviour when he was 2/3yrs old.
he has been warned and warned for the last few weeks when we found the other things he had done.. don't do anything else your birthday is coming, etc. my wife warned him extra yesterday as it was his birthday today, and just before they went to get my daughter from school he decided to scratch the car.
he got a present from his sister, nan, great grandma - just not us. he was wonderfully behaved for the day and powered through the list of jobs he had to do to make up for his recent behaviour..
i guess he figured we wouldn't follow through with the punishment, but we did, so hopefully he doesn't feel the need to push boundaries with us anymore.. on a side note i think my wife was more upset about him 'missing' his birthday than he was... i just wanted some cake