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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all, the other kid is not a bully.  She's a toddler.  Stop using that language, and stop thinking about it in those terms.

You don't say how common this behavior is, but it's not going to damage your child to have her hair pulled a few times, if the parents and nanny are making appropriate efforts to discipline the other child.  Maybe just ask the nanny to build some time in the day where the kids aren't playing so near each other.[/quote]

If your kid was on the receiving end of hair pulling, then you might feel differently.  This is how bullying starts.[/quote]

Actually, my kid was on the receiving end of biting.  Of course, I didn't want her to get bitten, but [b]I wasn't stupid enough[/b] to think that the other kid, who was a little younger, was a bully, or even a bully in the making.  I understood that biting, hitting, and pushing are not unusual behaviors in toddlers.  Since the biter's caregivers were on top of things and providing appropriate discipline, the biting stopped and the kid is now one my child's best friends.  If you truly think a child under two is a bully, [b]you know nothing[/b] about child development.

So, I repeat--if the nanny and the kid's parents are consistently and appropriately disciplining the kid, you can expect this behavior to pass.  If they aren't, then I would be concerned.  But it sounds like they are.  In that case, I would just continue to watch to ensure that progress is being made.  Your kid will be fine--indeed, she will be able to see that when someone hits her, they are disciplined, and that she is not left to fend for herself.  [/quote]
Yeah, sometimes people want to cross their fingers like you. How about if your kid needs stitches, compliments of that poor innocent biter/hitter? You're either a whimp, or the protective parent of a bully child. Which is it?[/quote]

Where do you even come up with this stuff? Y[b]ou are seriously unhinged[/b], PP, and I doubt are connected to children in any way.  [b]Just go away[/b].[/quote]

NP here and you're sounding like the more aggressive on in this exchange. Take a breathe. One can simultaneously (1) understand that most kids hit or bite some one at some point and (2) expect something to be done about it. It's okay. [/quote]

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