My wife is a licensed early childhood instruction (day care teacher) so I can tell you how it should have been handled by the center. 1st off, you can't be mad at the center for the bite, it's gonna happen when you have that many kids. You can however be unhappy with the lack of action on the part of the center. Most respectible have either zero tolerance for biting or a one time warning and then dismissal. I would be willing to bet that the person in charge didn't see the bite and doesn't know who did it (if this is a decent place). If that's the case then you should check with other parents, if it happens once it'll prolly happen again if left unchecked. Once the teacher knows the child doing the biting, then an immeadiate meeting should be made with the parents of the biting child explaining the centers policy on biting. Most cases the parents don't know of the biting as the kid prolly don't do it at home. Wanting to bite can be cause by a number of things such as teething to psycologial conditions. If biting continues or happens again after the meeting, the child is then dismissed. It's not fair for the parents, but this will force them to resolve the issue at hand.

Bottom line, you need to sit down with the teacher and if need be, the centers director and discuss your concerns. Most centers are willing to part with one bad kid in order to keep a safe center for other kids. The same though process and policy should also be applied to older kids and hitting or kicking. If you get nothing from the center and you feel it's an usafe place to have children, then contact your local child advocates service. Ususally centers are monitored by a local gov't branch. The child advocates can verify the center is up to standards and if not, have them shut them down immeadiatly.

This of course is generall how things are run over here in the states. The certification and training process varies from state to state, but the basics are the same. You shouldn't feel like leaving your kid at the center is unsafe. That is not what they are there for. Preschool teachers (most) do thier job because they like the kids, not for the money and are generally concerned about the health and wellfare of the kids. If you have a teacher that doesn't, then it's time to move on.


EDIT I see my spelling and grammer sucks ass. Oh well I'm too lazy to edit it all. You get the jist of it.