If unsafe behavior keeps repeating, the boundary isn’t holding. When a child puts art materials in their mouth over and over, it’s not that they’re ignoring you. It’s that the system never changed. The rule was spoken, but access stayed the same. So the behavior remained safe to repeat. Children don’t stop unsafe behavior because it’s explained. They stop when the environment changes. Structure teaches what words alone cannot. Before art time begins, the rule must already exist. Art supplies sta