Nanny's comment

I'd be definitely mentioning it to parents. Ridiculous to call a 2 year old silly for not knowing where a jigsaw piece goes.

Don't worry about it, it is just a figure of speech. If it was being said in a nasty way to 4 or 5 year old it might be different.

She ought to be trained better than that. She will be knocking her charge's self esteem.

take the lovely Nanny to one side and say something. It probably is a sort of verbal tick.....possibly an echo of her own childhood? No biggie.

Yes Luckygirl is right, its maybe not the best thing to say but as everything else is going well I wouldn't worry too much.

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It is a very bad thing to.

Don't think much of that nanny.

Speak to the parents about it.

I can understand you not liking this - much better to make a positive suggestion as to how she might find the right place for the piece.

But it sounds as though everything else is hunky-dory, so best not to say anything I think. Hopefully your DGD will turn round and say "I'm not silly!" when she gets a bit bigger!

You might be slightly overreacting to what is a very small and insignificant comment. You are not there all the time and don't know whether she regularly makes other such comments. Or maybe you do?

If it worries you then approach your daughter in a friendly and honest way and say what you said in your post. If you say it nicely you will not upset her.

Remember that children have grown up with much worse! I don't think anyone worried about such things in the past. I agree we need to speak in a positive way to children but unless she is being told she's stupid or hopeless I don't think she'll suffer psychological damage.