Biting at nursery
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Absolutely! I would expect them to teach her that biting is not ok & it comes with consequences!
My child was bitten by another child at nursery and I expected staff to react firmly and immediately and they did. Never happened again.
Absolutely! Especially if it was my child that's got bitten. It's usually a phase, needs to be dealt with. My daughter used to hit at one point and if she hit another child I would let her know it was definitely not ok.
Yes - it's inappropriate behaviour. I'd expect it if my child was the biter and expect her to be spoken to like that if she was bitten.
Not a fan of time out like left on their own but yeah being told off and then explaining why they shouldn't do it would be my thinking
My daughter has been bitten several times by the same child. I understand it’s a phase that some children go through but it’s hard being on the receiving end. The nursery staff react firmly and talk to the child and the child has to be with an adult for the rest of the day.
Yes absolutely, a child bit my little boy and it left the most awful bruise on his arm then weeks later it happened again! I totally agree with nursery
I think explaining to the child why it was wrong and that we don’t hurt our friends. I wouldn’t be happy with time out alone x
Rather than time out with it being a natural impulse for them. They need teaching where they can bite. Don’t bite other people but it you need to bite something use this teething toy etc. time out is jsut punishing them for something that’s natural and they can help and not actually teaching them anything
I think that’s the appropriate response. It’s a very serious matter and has to be treated as such. My child was at the receiving end of being bitten at nursery and this was the staffs response, as well as talking to the parents.