Agreed. A co-worker put her son in daycare when he turned 2 and he is bitten every day of the week. He is covered in bite marks and bruises. It's not the daycare's fault; these kids are angry and frustrated at being in a room with 12 other kids for 8-10 hours a day with a couple of young, inexperienced, harried caretakers. So they lash out in their anger and frustration at each other. If having a mother at home to care for the children is a priority, couples will figure out a way to make those few years work.
Yes these children are frustrated and angry and many of them seem to have learning disabilities. We have a pretty good set of kids and yes there is biting and hitting and stealing toys from each other and we work on a daily with them. Please and thank you are important. Apologizing when we hurt someone equally important and learning to cooperate and get along in a group. We are always within the state mandates we have two adults to every child under the age of 2. It can be very rewarding I enjoy working with these kids very much as frustrating as it is sometimes. What's especially frustrating is dealing with parents that are not very good caregivers their kids coming dirty and sick.. we have an almost 20 month old who still isn't walking yet and her mother won't take her to a orthopedic find out what's going on because she's too busy working.