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AUTHOR: thwartedDATE: 10/08/03 12:12pm
SUBJECT: Re: My 8yr old daughter is biting
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AUTHOR: cecns2
So at some point she must have decided that a good way to resolve her conflicts is to bite. I haven't experience this, so I don't know if my ideas will work. I'd ask her to explain exactly what preceded each bite, and provide her with a way that she could have more appropriately responded, and resolved the particular conflict. Spend some time talking about how you resolve conflicts in non-violent ways. If you come home one day, and you resolved a conflict, tell her about it. Remind her that biting is something that very, very young children resort to for conflict resolution, usually because they cannot talk. Maybe emphasize how smart she is, and that you know that she can solve problems and express frustrations with her head and not her teeth.
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