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» Meng1973 - Biting in preschool and childcare.

In response to Biting in preschool and childcare. posted by Snuggs:
I wanted to post a similar but different situation...... My daughter goes to an in-home daycare. The providers youngest daughter is the same ages as her (23 months). The providers daughter has bit my child 17 times in the last 4 months. One day she managed to bite her 8 times, 2 times were hard enough to break skin. I have asked my provider what she is doing to her daughter when this happens. She essentially is taking her daughter and putting her in another room with different toys to play with. I feel like that is just re-inforcing her behavior. She is not reprimanded for biting and my provider tells me that her other 2 children also did it and "eventually she will grow out of it." Why should my daughter have to be subjected to biting until her daughter decides she doen't want to bite anymore? Maybe a good spanking would help. Yes, I said spanking. Why are we so afraid to discipline our children these days? I would love to hear suggestions from anyone. If you have dealt with this kind of situation, how did you end up resolving it?
Thank you!!

-- posted by Meng1973