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2 year old is constantly repeating the same "bad" behaviour
We tried being gentle and kind, but doesn't seem to work at all. We also explain the severity of some actions.

How do you correct this behaviour?

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I have a 5 years old and a 5 monther.
The first one is a girl and the second a boy.
I have a feeling, things are quite different between boys and girls, so maybe take that in to mind.

I also think, it's very hard to reason with a 2 year old because their understanding of good vs bad, right vs wrong is still developing.
It's either want or not... so like other are saying, removing such lures and access to temptation through creating boundaries is more important.

For instance, adding a baby gate to said access areas, maybe replacing the locks to harder ones.

While reasoning is difficult at this stage, perhaps gradually introduce penalties (that they can understand and why) such as going to the quiet corner or something so they understand there is repercussions to their actions.

At this stage though, i would probably just focus on limiting said opportunities rather than teaching.  I mean, continue talking and educating your kid (you are doing great), but also set other preventative measures in place.