Dear All
I need the benefit of your experience and advice!!
My 8 year old goes to a child-minder before and some nights after school, however she has been having problems with a child our child-minder also looks after (who is also our child-minders nephew). The problems have ranged from not sharing/general spitefulness/saying that dd has done xyz and she hasn't- my dd has also had problems at school and has been pulled about/smacked. I am sure on some occasions with the minor issues my dd is perhaps being a bit sensitive but it does worry me, plus the guilt of my working full time and putting my dd in this position. Last year dd was in the same class as this child but did not then go to the child-minders, this year they are in different classes. I have asked my dd whether she would like to go to breakfast club and she has said that she does like going to the child-minders but just not when this child is being mean. The child has been made to apologise and has even apologised to me but today we have had 2 incidents so can anyone offer any words of wisdom on how to deal with this going forward. Thank you in advance xxx