A friend's not quite two year old has a thing for displaying his art work. A few months ago, he found a red permanent marker and drew all over a cream leather sofa, several books and a coffee table. The marks on the sofa would not come off at all. fortunately the insurance paid for a new one. He was not told off at all, as it was judged to be the adults' fault for leaving the pen out. She has just posted a picture of the same child on FB, in which he is standing in front of the wall he has just drawn all over and the pillowcase he has scribbled all over, with a comment that he looked so cute that she could not tell him off and he had managed to draw a little in his colouring book as well! IABU in thinking that a)These people need to learn to hide the pens and b) if he isn't told off a little bit he will never learn that you don't draw on the walls. I know he's not quite two but surely you have to start somewhere, especially when he actually destroys household goods?! Her older boy is rarely told off for anything, as far as any of the other mums can see and is a bit of a brat.