How can as many as 1,500 children under five be suspended from nursery and reception classes every year? Commentators expressed shock at the news that young children could possibly have such difficult behaviour. This is another example of the unhelpful romanticisation of early childhood. It doesn't surprise me at all. Recently I carried out a short piece of research into the role of the key person, which reminded me how very difficult it can be for staff to manage the feelings evoked when a child bites or hurts them...