This is not a one off, but is an extreme example. Need some help/perspective.
This morning on the school run I had to speak to my 5yo dd about scooting top far ahead so that I couldn't see her. I was calm, got down on her level and asked her to stop at corners. She then scooted onto far again and round a corner, so when I caught up with her I tried to talk to her again. She ran off and hid and started to cry and stamp her feet. She did come to me after a minute or so and I told her I wasn't angry,but it was important that she didn't go too far ahead and gave her a big hug. She threw her cycle helmet on the ground and screamed intermittently all the way to school then had an almighty screaming meltdown at the school door and I had to physically lift her up and carry her into school.
I feel like I have caused this somehow. She is a lovely, kind girl, but is very sensitive. Am I making her into a spoiled madam who can't handle being told off (not that it was really a telling off). How should I deal with this? What can I do to help her deal with being told off?
Also, just had a phone call from school to say she's fine now. I told the man who called that she was only upset because I had told her off for scooting too far ahead and it wasn't initially a going into school problem. Will that now ring alarm bells? She was really seriously upset at the door. Will they be thinking I'm abusing her?! Argh!
Help please!