TO BE REALLY P****** OFF AT THIS OTHER MOTHER ??

[Summerfruit]

Hi all,

Ok, everyday I take the children at a one oclock club (I'm a childminder). It's a really nice place and the children love it !!

But, there is child, he must be between 3 and 4 who is always bothering the other children. I mean he hits the little one, he runs after them, he pushed them down the slide etc.. I see it because I look after the children, they never left completely unsupervised even if its a closed place, it's secure etc..and I also play with them. This mum spend her time sitting on her bum, shatting to her mates, oh yes sometimes, she sees her son misbehaving, and she goes and tell off her son by saying : My love you shouldn't do that and then she goes back to her seat and if nothing happens..And he carries on..on being brutal..I mean shouldn't she discipline her son ?? I told her once and it really went on death ears !!!I really cant take anymore the fact that my little ones are being wacked over the head by this other child..I have started a dialogue, she doesnt want it, what should I do ??? I still want to go there, after all we have done nothing wrong, why shouldn't I enjoy a place 5 minutes from my place ??

I run a toddler group and we have a particularly agressive 3/4 year old who comes and I have been approached a couple of times by parents asking me to have a word with the mother (who is exactly as you describe)
I have been firm and said if it happens again we are going to get to the point where I have to look after the best interests of the whole group and would ask them not to return.

Could you perhaps talk to the people who run the group?

Bythepower - I think the first step for the people who runs this playgroup is to take off the garden chairs so everybody will be a bit more imo...we shouldn't go to playgroup to get a tan..it's really nice to meet other parents and carers and you can also learn a lot there...but noway, I use the playgroup to be completely relaxed.

Jellyhead - I'm ashamed of my bad spelling. I dont think she should be banned but fucking hell, she should do something !!!