DD is quite like this at the moment. I also hope is not the before school thing because she can't go next year either. I am torn between whether she needs more downtime or more structured activities because she loves anything with a teacher, on weekdays childcare is 3 days and the other two days have no scheduled activities but get out and about etc. I worry a bit she is getting bored and wonder if more brain activities would help her stop ignoring us as sometimes.

Also I do think is a bit about impulse control, I remember as a child knowing I shouldn't do something but not quite being able to restrain myself and then feeling very sorry, so I wonder if some of it is about maturity. I think the sensibleness and reasonableness of her at other times makes it worse as can forget her age.

With the going outside thing, if she only stands on the porch cash she be trusted just to do that and not go any further, sometimes I think there is logic what they ignore, e.g. the dangers you mention are off the porch so in her logic the porch is fine ???