Took my three to play with a new friend (contact made via Home Ed support group) and her two children on Thursday and have just discovered that my daughter has had substantial amounts of her hair cut off.
I didn't bath my kids on Friday so was only aware that her hair looked sort of different (it is very thick and wavy) but couldn't work out why . On closer inspection this morning, I see that all of the front sections on each side are cut to at least half their length!
Now that I am aware of it I can't help noticing it. I am so upset that this has happened and asked Hermione why she didn't say anything to me. She said she didn't want the girl to do it but she felt she couldn't say no. Said child is v. domineering (according to her mother too) but has ironically been taken out of school because she was bullied.
I had thought that this family were lovely and made good playmates as they have two children the same ages as two of mine. However, the youngest son of this family keeps punching my two year old and making him cry.
What do I do? The mother is lovely, although I am a little unsure of her parenting techniques (tends to take a I'm the boss shouty approach) and the dad is quiet and amiable. Mother is French and talks to her children in French most of the time when we are there which makes it difficult to work cohesively as parents when all our kids are together, but I understand the majority of what is said.
I am rambling now but would be grateful for any opinions on what to do about this.
I was going to phone or email and start with "this has happened, I'm upset that it has". What do you think?