I go to a toddler group on Fridays and last week there was an incident with one of the toddlers I think shes just under two. She had been playing and another child took the toy she had been playing with and she tapped him on the arm. Another child then came and tried to take it and she hit him too. I have never seen this child hit before and she is quite a popular member of the group. The mum of this girl got up told her daughter off and made her cuddle both other children she then apoligised to the other mums and took her child away to a quite part of the room. When she came back to join us the leader of the group came over to her and in front of about 4 other mums told her that there was a "behaviour policy" in the group that if a child hit more than twice they would be asked to leave.... The mum seemed quite embarrased and I was quite embarrased for her. She had done everything she could after the incident and the leader acknowledged that these things do happen but that it was to "stop bad feeling between parents". She then went on to add that "this was only the second time that she had had to tell a mother this and that the first one had started crying, left the group and never came back! This mum then quietly left 10mins later. So do you think I am being unreasonable in thinking that this is a ridiculous policy for a toddler group to have? or is this quite common? I would love to know what you would have done had this been you as the mum seemed quite embarrased and then left. By the way this is my first post so hi to all as well!!!