Nasty bitter

[daycarewhisperer]

I have done home day care for two decades and had one bite incident my first year. I've gone nineteen years without a single bite. I would not keep a biter under any circumstances. I would have terminated this family immediately when I found out the mom lied about the child's behavior at home.

In my setting shadowing would be very expensive. I couldn't make enough money in tuition to cover the adult time.

I don't have biteing because our supervision is very very tight and I don't allow the pre-behaviors that children do before they bite. I also integrate new walkers into our play areas very gradually over a period of months so that they can learn what behaviors we want. I pair up the oldest child with the toddlers in play for months so that the older child can show the toddler what we want.

I have strict rules of play and close/proximal supervision at all times. Here is an article about play rules. With these rules and supervision we have been completely violence free for twenty years: http://www.daycare.com/nannyde/there...m#comment-1422

I promise my parents a violence free child care and I deliver. I take violence and aggression seriously and would have no problem terminating a child or family that didn't have the same expectations. I advertise our violence free program and parents expect that I keep it that way. They would leave if I didn't.