I am posting this on behalf of a friend so I hope someone can offer some advice and support to her as she is very upset about an incident that happened yesterday.
She had invited my dd (2.5) and a another friends ds to tea and to play. The other friends son is 3.5 and my friend doesn't know either the mother or son very well, she met through the childrens nursery.
The boys were playing quite nicely and my friends son (2.5) was very excited about playing with another boy playmate and he did get very excited at times i.e crashing his bike into the other little boys bike etc.
However, a bit later on the other friends ds was lying on the floor and my friends ds stamped on the little boys head.
We were all mortified and my friend & her husband did take ds aside to tell him off. This little boy does sometimes demonstrate slightly aggressive behaviour to my dd i.e. pushing her off chairs, sometimes pushing etc. He's been through the scratching stage but he can now be very boisterous and seems to lose control sometimes - he is quite a bossy little boy too.
But, he is very affectionate and will say sorry after the event if he is told to.
How should my friend deal with her ds ? I wanted to reassure her that her ds is not the only child that displays this type of behaviour, but she needs some guidance as to how to deal with it.