You just pictured a pink giraffe, didn't you?
Wet paint. Don't touch.
There is just something about telling someone to not do something that just begs them to do it. It almost becomes a dare.
"Don't stand on the table!" Sound familiar?
Next time, try this: "Put your feet on the floor, please."
Old way: "Stop pulling her hair!"
New way: "Please keep your hands to yourself" or to make it more fun, give them some simple, silly challenge like this, "Hey Cedrick, can you give yourself high five?" Or more difficult if they could use a bigger distraction: "Cedrick, do you think you could run around the outside of the house 5 times before I finish these dishes?"
(Side note, you could start lecturing about how it's not safe to stand on a table or all about how it's not nice to tease your sister, but don't they already know that? Might as well save yourself the fight.)
Much better results. Less stress.
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