"Unfortunately, your son's at an age where he will be subjected to all sorts of disgusting shit: Lice. Hand, foot, mouth. Covid. Colds. RSV. Mysterious rashes. Skinned knees. Bonked heads. And, yep, mouth bites. All part of the magical experience that is daycare! And I don't think this is a safety issue. Alice isn't biting Jasper-another toddler, who also most likely hasn't been to finishing school, is the culprit here."
"But think about it-what do you want her to do with the biter? Week-long suspension? Press charges? Lock-up? You're at a very important crossroads right here, my friend: Are you gonna be a super-chill dad who lets (extremely) minor incidents like this roll right off you, or will you be an uptight dad that no one wants to share a playdate with because they all think you suck because you're judging their parent"
A parent reports a 2-year-old repeatedly bitten at a friend's daycare and worries that the wife's friendship biases judgment. Typical daycare exposures listed include lice, hand-foot-and-mouth, COVID, colds, RSV, rashes, scrapes, and mouth bites. Bites are presented as common toddler behavior rather than an acute safety threat. Another toddler is identified as the biter, not the caregiver. Suggested responses question punitive measures for a young child and recommend weighing the social costs of confronting or leaving the daycare against tolerating minor incidents as part of normal childcare risk.
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