My son is three. Nursery always commenting how he is the kindest boy in class, and that is exactly how he is at home. He has a younger brother and is very caring and kind to him also.
Over the weekend he had a few tantrums that were extremely out of character. I thought he could have been feeling a bit unwell.
Today he went to nursery and on picking him I was informed he had out of nowhere pushed and kicked another little boy. From what they could tell it seemed completely unprovoked (not that it would be acceptable even if it had been). What makes it worse is that they said the boy he did it to is the quietest kid of the class and struggles a bit.
I am looking for advice on how to handle this. I feel so worried and disappointed. I put so much emphasis on kindness. It is such a core value in our house and I don't want my son to be a bully. But it's so far away from how he normally behaves. Even the nursery staff said they were shocked.
No big events at home. He gets so much love. Boundaries. It's a mystery. The other thing that happened today was apparently he had a wee wee accident and had to change his clothes. I have wondered if there could be an embarrassment factor around that - again not making excuses.
I have asked him about it but can't get further information. He is still developing his vocabulary. He does understand and does speak a lot though. Although I can't get an answer as to why he has said sorry and cried (I have not been angry just asking him about it and explaining the importance of being kind to each other and not hitting etc)
Please help!