When I picked ds (2.10) up from preschool, one of the nursery nurses came and told me that ds has attacked 2 children and one of the assistants when she tried to intervene. She basically had to pull him off.
She seemed to think it was because he was trying to talk to them and they didn't understand him, and he lost his temper. He scratched their faces. He has been made to say sorry, which he did, and was cheerful and placid when I picked him up.
My first reaction was appalled at his behavior today, it is totally unlike him (although I suppose all mothers think that), but my second reaction is of deep sadness, that his speech is so poor that I can only understand about half of what he says, so what chance does he have trying to make himself understood to a 3 year old? Is he feeling alienated fromhis peers? He is a very friendly child, he always say hello and waves to total strangers. Am I setting him up for misery when his peers don't understand him? Would I be better to take him out of preschool until his speech improves?
Or, on the other hand, is this my fault and I am not disciplining him properly? Is he turning into a spoilt brat? I try to be firm, consistant, blah blah blah, but sometimes he is so disobedient I have to shout to make him even deign to look at me, never mind obey.
Or, option 3, am I reading too much into this, being paranoid, and it is in fact something all children do and was probably a one off?
I don't know, I can't stop worrying now!