re: Parenting question - 4 year old

You had to do a hard reset to get her to understand the real expectations. We, as parents, set a rule then, I no matter how well intentioned, start to relax them. Every now and then you have to re-establish the expectation.

Did you go a little overboard, maybe, but I’ve done the same thing many times. I’ve locked my oldest two out of the house because I wanted them to play outside instead of being cooped up in the house.