Q We have a three-year-old in our nursery who is very outspoken in her views and keen to organise the other children. She has only been with us about a month and we are happy to look for ways to guide her. But her mother seems very irritated by her daughter. We talked about the business of telling the other children what to do in their play, but explained the situation in a very positive way. Now her mother has started to call her daughter 'Miss bossy boots'. She has also asked for suggestions on how to stop her daughter answering back and behaving like she's in charge at home.
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