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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. 
Whatever you do, start immediately. This is your one huge wake-up call, OP., and you need to move now before the next time your child lashes out. Your kid hit an adult.. Twice.

Think in terms not just of consequences for that but also in terms of what is going to happen if your child hits another student or a teacher or other adult at school or in an activity.

That hit will not end like this incident. The nanny didn't (as far as you've told us) leave or involve cops. Next time there will be a school investigation or school discipline or suspension, or your child will be ejected from an activity, or parents will involve the police -- SN or no SN.

You haven returned to answer some PPs' questions about whether the physical aggression is new or a pattern you've seen before. Whichever it is, this incident may be your one shot to get DC more intensive intervention before it happens again. Next time the victim may not be nanny but someone who will get authorities involved, whether that's police or school or both, and once outside authorities are involved you lose any control over the outcome and could end up with a kid at home suspended and angry.

I would also consider counseling for your younger child; I would seriously wonder if that child feels safe, ever, in his or her own home, if the older child does things like trip him etc. Take care that the focus on your older child does not mean the younger sibling is feeling afraid and stressed but doesn't show it and you assume all is OK with younger sibling when it isn't. [/quote]

This is an excellent post and covers many factors that haven't been covered by others.  Not only does the situation with the older child need to be addressed but also the needs of the younger child and the nanny.  I think you need to immediately involve the therapy team so that this can all be sorted out.  Do you and the family participate in any type of family therapy, OP?[/quote]

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