✨ Biting hurts. It’s not surprising that you might feel angry, frustrated, embarrassed, or worried.
✨ Kids experience strong feelings but they aren’t equipped to handle them. Remember, your toddler is a good kid who is learning and growing.
With that mindset, you can bring intention and thoughtfulness to how you respond to biting. But first, let’s consider knee-jerk reactions that are understandable but not helpful.
✨ Here are 5 common knee-jerk reactions that don’t lead to less biting:
1. Big punishments don’t stop biting. (we will be focusing on what to do when your child bites – as clearly, a toddler needs to learn NOT to bite in one of the upcoming posts).
2. Consequences that are unrelated to the event don’t help.
3. Yelling and shaming your child won’t help your toddler learn better ways to handle emotions.
4. Referring to your child as a biter may encourage biting.
5. Biting your child back to show them what it feels like won’t inspire less biting. Instead, it suggests that biting is an acceptable way to solve problems.
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