Big hugs - the little munchkins can definatly press buttons sometimes. I know sometimes my nearly 3 year old does some horrible things to her baby brother - like pulling out blankets from underneath him so he falls and hits his head!!. She has been told, but she honestly does not think about the future consequences of her actions, she just wants him off her blanket. Still drives me nuts, makes me angry and upset. I think your question below are you expecting too much from your child would be yes. At this age future consequences and possabilities just don't come into their thinking. They are in the now and he probably was just trying to be nice to his brother, or have someone else to play with while he was outside.

It is still hard though when you get a fright to not react. I hope things go smoother for you for the rest of the day.

so he is in his room, i honestly cannot speak to him because i am so angry is it to much for me to expect my almost 4 yr old to comprehend what he has done...and what besides being in his room is acceptable discipline........he keeps telling me he is sorry he told hubby when i got ahold of him what he'd done but when jase asked why he handed back ph and walked away

btw the door is now key locked and he has no access to his swings tramps now unless i unlock the door