Yesterday I took my 20 mo dd to a new playgroup, it would have been lovely if it wasn't for the fact that one boy was being v aggressive towards all the other children. He and my dd were not even playing together and he came up and smacked her in the eye for no reason at all. She now has a bruise below and a scratch above her eye. Needless to say I was not impressed with the mother when she barely disciplined him. I thought maybe it was a one off but he went on to hit another girl on the head 3 times and had also been seen kicking other children.
I have never had to deal with another child deliberately hurting my dd and really didn't know how to react. The other mum whose dd he also hit spoke to one of the organisers of the group and she brushed it off by saying "he's only a baby" !! But the fact is he is not a baby, he is a toddler and i think it should be addressed. But what is the best way to go about it when it's someone else's child? This really isn't acceptable behaviour is it?
Also the boys mother is one of the organisers of the group as well which makes it awkward, the mum of the other girl he hit just said she isn't coming back because of him. :(
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to think hitting is not 'to be expected' at playgroup.
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OhWhatAPalaver · 10/09/2013 09:01
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