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So when my daughter gets in trouble, I put her in the corner. Let me give you an example to better understand.

Today she got in trouble for being mean to her cousin whom is 5. I put her in the corner and after about 1 minute I asked her why she got in trouble. If she would tell me the truth and tell me why she got in trouble, then she could get up.

She just kept saying "okay, here I go." -

She was crying, but never did tell me why. I told her that she got in trouble for being mean to her cousin and that she was to get back in the corner until she could tell me why she got in trouble.

After about the 5th time of putting her back in the corner and telling her the same thing over and over, she finally told me that she got in trouble for being mean to her cousin.

Is she too little to actually tell me why she got in trouble, or maybe afraid she'll get in trouble again? Forgetful? I don't know. She lies a little, but nothing major. Any advice on punishments and what to do here? I only give her "spankings" if she does something dangerous, and this doesn't qualify under my guidelines.