I had a chronic biter and hitter in my daycare for over a year. He was like this before he even started with me, so the issue was there beforehand. It was the worst year of my life. He was the cutest little boy with the most charming smile, but as soon as you turned your back he would attack another child. My youngest daughter was only 3 months old at the time and he was constantly going after her. All I could do was shadow him (follow him around all day) and catch him before he bit.

I should have terminated him right away but I was trying to be sympathetic to everyone. Later I found out that his parents were separating and in the process of trying to sell their house. Things started getting really nasty between the parents and the child was getting worse. I wanted desperately to terminate him but the parent were begging me to hold on until they sold their house.

After that experience I don't think I could tolerate another biter. It was extremely stressful and his parents did not take his behavior seriously. If I were ever in that situation again, I would just terminate the child and would not feel guilty about doing so.