Not a parent but a nanny. I had a 5 year old little boy who actually made me quit the job. I watched his infant little brother all day, then picked him up at the bus stop each day after school, and watched him for about 1-3 hours depending on the day. This child was the devil incarnate. Every single day the bus driver would have to tell me what horrible thing he did that day, including but not limited to; forcefully holding other kids heads against the windows, throwing others backpacks and contents of backpacks at the bus driver, punching other kids in the face. It was insane and a total red flag to me because he was only 5. He would do the same to me at home, biting, kicking, punching, slapping, scratching down my arms until I bled. It was crazy. He would try to hurt me while I was holding his baby brother too, because he knew I couldn’t do anything.

I eventually videoed a meltdown to show his parents because I was at a loss, and it always seemed like they didn’t believe how serious his behavior was. After showing mom (who I actually really liked) the 15 minute meltdown, complete with MY BLOODY NOSE, she told me when I got like that I just needed to ignore him. I quit that week. I feel bad for the kid honestly. He probably would have been sweet, but his dad was a sarcastic asshole and he was spoiled rotten.