I took ds to a brunch today at a friend's house. I was a bit nervous as her ds has been quite aggressive towards mine and other children in the past but hoped he was maybe growing out of that stage. Ds is very much into trucks right now and saw the little boy's battery operated toy hummer in the back yard. It's one of the big ones that up to 2 toddlers can ride in. Anyway, ds and I walked over to look at it and of course the little boy saw us and ran over to jump in it. No problem, I expected that and ds didn't want to ride anyway just look. So we are watching him drive it and talking about the color of it etc. (ds is 19 months) when I noticed that the boy was driving it in our direction. Still didn't think much about it until he got a bit closer. Then I held out my hand and said, "Stop XXX". Imagine my surprise when it became clear that he was not only not going to stop but had sped up and was going for us. I picked up ds and stepped back to get out of the way, tripping over a board that was laying on the ground. I wound up falling over with ds in my arms and bruising my right leg in several places, quite badly, from hitting the board I guess. Anyway the boy just ran off. I truly believe now that he would have actually run over us if the board had not been in the way. Later the mother heard me tell ds, "No we're not going to look at the truck anymore that didn't work out." To which she asked if he had tried to hit my ds with it. I told that he had run us both down. She then made him apologize (it was fairly insincere IMO) and put the truck up. It seemed obvious to me that he must have done somthing like this before or she wouldn't have asked that question. His previous acts of aggression have also seemed to be quite premeditated. So, is this normal aggression or something deeper?
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So, is this normal behavior for a 3 year old?
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jabberwocky · 21/03/2005 01:28
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