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from experience from my mature male amazon, he is not very comfortable with children. they move quickly, make unexpected movements and they are just "jiggly" little people. pico would lunge out at them if they ever got close because he feels very insecure. BUT, if there was a child that wanted to touch pico (this is outside of the house), i would tell them to slowly approach him while talking softly to him. usually, he will allow a scratch on the head if approached this way.
being that you've only had this bird for 8 days, like the others have said, your bird is still in the "honeymoon" phase...he doesn't know whats the rhythm of the household yet, he is still trying to figure out where he is, who are the people he can trust and what happened to his former family. allow him time. if your daughter wants to visit him, make sure he is in the cage. allow her just sit by his cage, maybe with a bag of treats, and have her talk to your bird. can your daughter read? maybe she can read her favorite stories to your bird. i find that if i read to pico from a picture book, he really looks at the pictures in the book with interest.
kensbuns makes a great suggestion in trying to let your daughter understand your new bird's displacement feelings. he was scared and did the only thing he probably knew to get his feelings across to your daughter.
i hope your daughter is doing okay and will learn to enjoy having her new bird again.
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