My ds is 3.5 and going through a very trying stage, rude, refusing to do anything he's told, breaking things on purpose etc. I'm dealing with it, we are fine i know it's just a stage. It is however hard work
Today I went outside to talk to dh on the phone and vented about how difficult he was being, I said something about him getting a smacked bottom if he carried on, I also said maybe it's time for him to leave home, I was stressed, joking and obviously didn't mean it, I don't smack.
I'm a childminder and dh is friends with one of mindees parents, he stupidly repeated conversation and said I had had to smack ds, the parent didn't say much so I don't know how they took it but now I don't know what to do, it was a silly thing to say I know that but I didn't mean it.dh realises now the situation he has put me in and has apologised to me., said they were just comparing how hard kids could be.
If I contact the parent and try and explain i think it looks like I'm trying to cover it up. If I say nothing they think I smack my child, if I get dh to say he misunderstood or was exaggerating then it looks like I have made him back track, any ideas.