My DD has recently moved up to the preschool room at nursery. She's normally a confident little thing and wasn't phased by the change at all for the first couple of weeks. Then recently she's been saying she hasn't wanted to go to nursery etc and been very clingy, which she's never done before. I've been giving her reassurance and thinking it's just the transition to a bigger room.
Last night before bed she told me a little boy hit her and tells her to shh when she's talking or when she cried. I asked why she was crying and she said because she was scared.
I spoke to nursery today (out of earshot of my LO) to flag this and they advised they can't say much but there's a little boy with SEN in the room who's behavior they do find challenging. They are in contact with parents and relevant external agencies both to raise concerns and to get advice on how best to deal with this particular childs needs etc etc.
Nursery were great and have a plan in place, but did make the point that this is something that the kids do need to get used to (dealing with others with different abilities/behavior etc) which is a fair point.
I'm just wondering the best ways to try and explain this to my LO in terms she'll understand at 3? Or best to just leave it?
My DM is very much a "if you get hit, you hit back twice as hard" sort of parent and I'm 100% against that.