Family Matters

Q I noticed that my toddler is picking up bad habits, such as hitting and name-calling, from other students at daycare. How do I prevent this? Should I bring this up with the daycare instructors or the parents of the children teaching him the bad behavior?

Annoying as some toddler bad habits are, according to Donna Tudda, director of the Diane Lindner-Goldberg Child Care Institute at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, you don’t need to worry about all the ones your kid might pick up at daycare. Throwing tantrums and using bathroom humor are