My 3 year old daughter is being pinched and punched by another 3 year old

[MissLJD]

This is so tricky as my 3 year old daughter is great friends with a little 3 year old boy who lives next door to my mums. As we are at my mums most days my daughter and this boy play together and usually enjoy it, but recently he is pinching and slapping her a lot and although his mother reprimands him when he is caught it hasn't stopped. It has gotten to the point where I don't want my daughter playing with him anymore - it would be awkward for my mum as these are her neighbours and are really nice people. I have spoken to his mum and feel rather sorry for her as he is a real handful and she warns him before taking him inside - we have told him if he keeps doing this he wont be able to play with my daughter, but he just seems to do it for no reason. One moment they are playing and the next he just grabs her face and pinches her leaving cuts or bruises and I am getting so angry! My daughter has started appeasing him too - when they play she senses when he is getting ready to do something to her and she tries to distract him or gives her toys to him and it makes me so annoyed. Any ideas?

Not helpful Sybil, no, but true?

I read cake's response, thank you. It was very measured. She obviously has much greater patience with posters of that nature than I have.

It would be quite interesting in fair few years to see whose visiting who and which prison

@ sock.

Seriously tho I know its hard when your child gets hurt but at some point in your child's life the roles will be reversed and your child will be the 'offender' andotrs mortifying as a parent. Tbh I often find myself,f reassuring the parent of the 'attacker' that its normal behavior and mine have all gone through it etc. I certainly don't bare any grudges towards the child or the parent.