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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re mean OP. My daughter has a really tough time on play dates and pushes and hits. I feel really sad about this and we are working on the behavior at home. I would feel terrible if she was no longer invited over. Put yourself in the moms shoes. Tell her your concerns don’t just exclude a freaking kid. [/quote]

I don't think OP should exclude the other child.  However, if my child was pushing and hitting other children, that would end the playdate for my child.  I'd take her home.  Hopefully it would reinforce that the behavior is unacceptable and she'd learn.  At the very least, it would protect the other children.

When I was a preschooler, my mom had a very nice friend whose daughter was a holy terror.  Unfortunately, the mom was so nice that no matter what the daughter did to me, the mother would only say in a syrupy sweet voice, "Now Larla, that's not nice."  The not nice things she did included putting gum in my hair, hitting me, and biting me.  One time, I tripped over their coffee table trying to run away.  It left a scar on my eyelid, but I consider myself fortunate not to have lost the eye.

You may feel really sad when your daughter pushes and hits other children, but I guarantee her victims are sad too.  Put yourself in the child's shoes and think what it would feel like to be pushed and hit by someone else because they're having a "really tough time".  [/quote]

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