I've had a few conversations with mom about his behaviour, and she says they are working on it at home too as they find his behaviour has escalated in terms of aggressiveness in the last 3-4 months. However, they are spankers, and I don't know if this is helping or hindering the situation, and I doubt I am going to be able to change their view on this as it is quite the hot topic in parenting! I think I am just finding it a bit draining to have to constantly be on watch. Some days I can't leave him alone for even a minute to play with the other kids (ages 3, 5, 5) as he will instantly start something. He just does not have that social cue filter that says " maybe I shouldn't just walk up to the other kids and hit them to see if they'll play with me". You think he'd connect it that once he smacks the older kids, they aren't going to want to play with him, but he just keeps on doing it. Or following them around screaming, jabbering and in their space when they have said they don't want to play with him. And every meal time it he and his sister start a squealing match, which is just not ok for me; at my house we don't scream and growl and make loud, disruptive noises at the table; or stand on our chairs, etc. I don't know how many times he has fallen off a chair because he is fooling around. They are an extremely busy family, and often eat on the run in the evening because either mom, dad or the boy have some activity almost every day of the week. The more I think about it and write it out here, the more I am thinking I will let them go and see how things play out with my remaining kids. I am stressed to the max, I keep getting flare ups of iritis in my eye (inflamed iris) which is painful and ends up with me taking several trips a week to the optometrist to monitor and treat so it doesn't cause eye damage and vision issues. I still just feel awful that I agreed to take them on only in September and am "quitting" already. They drive 15 minutes out of their way to bring the kids here, the family moved to another community but liked my dayhome and so continue to come. And they have enrolled boy into preschool in our community instead of somewhere closer to their home.