Should a 4 year old be old enough to know that she is not allowed to draw on furniture?

[Caligula]

When it has been explained to her several times that she is only allowed to draw on paper?

Am I expecting too much? And if not, how can I enforce this?

[Twiglett]

yes she's old enough

get mad, throw her in a dungeon and feed her bread and water

[Piffle]

Not too young IMO my dd knew not to draw on the walls after she did it once, aged 2.5 we told her she could only draw on paper and she only ever has
She is nearly 4, or course I no doubt xpeak far too soon
I would take away pens and crayons tbh and only get them out when dd was sat at the table and pack away again. Two way deal...
Does she do it with a sod you face or do you thikn she genuinely forgets - my ds would be like that - drove me potty

[Piffle]

twig you forgot to mention the chains

[Twiglett]

well I thought they were implicit in the dungeon comment

[fruitful]

At four? YES! Take away the pens. Heck, take away the furniture as well.

[Caligula]

She does just forget.

I do try and keep the felt tips etc. out of her way, but she always manages to find a stray one.

[Piffle]

yes taking away furniture much cleaner than chopping off hands on reflection...

[foxinsocks]

yes - if it is a repeated thing, I would be pissed off. However, one off accidents like this still happen for a while I think. Would prob take away the pens/crayons.