My daughter is coming up for 3 years old and loves all the mindees and enjoys playing with them but lately has been lashing out at them too. I look after an almost 2 year old and she's scratched him twice this week. The trigger seems to be if she wants to be left alone to play with something or if they're fighting over a toy. Obviously I'm dealing with this - she has a time out in her room and always comes out contrite and apologetic and plays nicely for a while after.
It isn't constant, thankfully and she is also loving and kind to them. I'm just a bit worried about how my parents must view this - especially the parents of the little boy who's been scratched. I've been honest with them about the problem and so far they seem very relaxed about it but I'm not sure how long that will continue. It's difficult to have a proper conversation at pick up as the kids are all bouncing around and excited so I was considering dropping the parents an email tonight to outline how I'm dealing with the situation and reassure them that a) I'm doing my best to protect their child and b) he's not in some horrible warzone being constantly attacked! Or am I making too big a deal of this - should I just leave it unless the parents ask me for more reassurance?
Any advice you can give me on how to deal with my daughter's behaviour would also be very much appreciated!