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On the controlled environment level-my children(twins) were 'given' the family room. I bought a gate, had their toys in there and let them go nuts for a couple hours a day. They loved tearing all the cushions off the sofa and jumping on it. They would empty the huge toybox, flinging toys to every corner. They made a mess!!!!! But it was safe and away from the rest of the house and 10 minutes before the spouse walked in from work, I' d scoop it all up, put it all back and make it look easy. My daughter was a climber and it was she who would strip furniture bare to get on it and bounce. (she wrecked a rocking horse riding it so furiously). They learn, as you have demonstrated, what's ok to do by reinforcing and praising the good choices. They also need to explore more or less on their own. If something is not to their liking, they'll remember it. My son at about 2, bruised a tooth running through the livingroom and sliding headfirst into the wall....didn't do that much afterwards.
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