The reason I am picking on what the I is saying is because the I is speaking in too absolute terms.
Children Learn to Iverstand what "no" means early on. Before they Iverstand don't go on the table, or get down, they will Iverstand "no".
In some ways, saying get down could be more confusing than saying don't go on the table, because if they come to Iverstand what go on the table means, then learning that a "don't" in front of it means "no" might be easier than learning a completely new command like "get down", and they will also know exactly what is being disapproved.
I don't really think the absolute in either sense is the way to go, because the combination will teach more.
What I mean by that is, if a child is about to go on the table, than it might be good to say, "no, don't go on the table". If they are already on the table, it might be good to say "no, get down" and when they come down, "good boy/girl, don't go on the table, its dangerous".
This way as long as they Iverstand "no" and the tone of the parents voice then they will at least know that the parent disapproves. Then eventually when they start to learn more they will start to Iverstand what "go on" and "table" means, and Iverstand what it means when a "don't" is put in front. And they will also come to Iverstand what "get down" means.
I know with I own son, I would say the things he Iverstood, but I would also say many things to him that I knew he didn't Iverstand, so he could get used to hearing different things and I knew through repetition over time, he would come to Iverstand more and more.
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