DS is a big one at his nursery. I occasionally remind him to be kinder to the younger children - he and his two best mates are the "cool gang" and everyone wants to play with them. They will tell the others that they can't play with them. I remind DS how much he loved the big boy who let him play, tell him he's cool and to let other people join in too, otherwise he'll be mean. We spent about an hour talking about it, how DS can still like his friends best, but he will make the other boys happy if he lets them play. DS went from bully to hero literally overnight. Even the staff commented on it. He still has his little gang of three, but he plays with the others too now.

It isn't hard for a young child to be mean without knowing it. It's very easy to pick a young child up on that and teach them kindness. It's worth saying something, because I know how easy it is to put a child bacck on right path when they stray a little rather than waiting years.