Hi all, would appreciate some perspectives on an issue we're having with our 2.5yo DS. In Jan we switched from one childminder to a new one (original one was taking a year off). Since then, the new CM has been regularly telling us that he is pushing the other children at the setting - mainly the little girl who is around his age, but also sometimes a boy who is a year or so older. At first I thought, well, he's 2.5, it's a big change, he'll settle in. But as the months go by it doesn't seem to improve, I'm starting to wonder if there's something I'm missing, or he just isn't happy there. She's very experienced, calm, has 5 kids (mainly much bigger) and 15 years of childminding experience, but I get the sense that she is getting a bit exasperated, understandably. She says she's tried talking to him about no pushing, impact on others, occasionally raising her voice to try to shock him a bit, using a 'thinking chair' (bit like mild version of time out) and sometimes she will put him in the cot if she needs to go to the loo because she's worried about leaving them alone together. DS will generally express mild reluctance to go in the morning, but no tears since the first few weeks and he generally gets stuck in to playing straight away when I drop him off. I have also tried talking to him about why he does it, and trying to catch him when it does it with me to random kids at soft play (e.g. 'I won't let you push, we will leave if you do that again' and then follow through). There's no obvious triggers like sharing - he will literally just go over and push. I'm a bit stumped as he's not really like this with other stuff, just usual toddler behaviours which pass after a few weeks. Maybe he doesn't like it there and this is a way of showing it? We do have the option of going back to the previous childminder in a few months (who he still sees regularly), but would obviously mean another big change. Any insight much appreciated!