Spanking or any form of corporal punishment, physical or mechanical restraint, the withholding of food, or any form of emotional abuse is prohibited by anyone on the premises including clients. No corporal punishment will be used in our program. This includes biting, jerking, shaking, slapping, spanking, hitting, kicking or any other means of inflicting physical pain.

Our disciplinary practices are:

The following methods of discipline are used in our family child care:

• We will encourage children old enough to solve their own problems
• Redirect them to another area
• Intervention and discussion
• Loss of privileges
• Child time-out