My son is 22 months - fun sociable and outgoing. BUT he constantly pushes any children of his age or younger. He picks on one child in a playgroup and goes back and back for pushes. He then comes back to me saying "I push". I have tried everything I can think of - I take him to a seperate place and exclude him whilst making a fuss of the child that cries. I tell him that if he does it again we will go home and follow this through.
My eldest is 4 1/2 and was often the victim of the "bully" in social situations and I know how much it upset me. I can't bear the fact that it is now my child upsetting other people and their parents.
My youngest just doesn't seem to care if he's told off, or excluded. In fact if his nanny takes him to see a friend while I am a work he comes home and tells me he pushed the friend over.
He spends much of his time playing rough and tumble with 4 and 5 year olds in our shared garden and they laugh at his games. I do wonder whether this is some of the problem. How can I make him understand that he has to be far more gentle with small children?
I have another child on the way so really need to nip this one in the bud!