It is a common parental experience. One moment, your child is playing quietly, and the next, there’s a sharp cry, a set of ...

Although it is quite common for young children to bite, biting should never be condoned or laughed off as being cute. This, as well as virtually all negative behaviors, ideally should be corrected ...

Eighteen-month-old Sophie is digging happily in the sandbox next to her friend Kate. Kate suddenly takes Sophie's shovel. Sophie bites her arm. Biting is a particularly hard behavior for parents to ...

Sometimes children start hitting their parents, pulling their hair, or biting them. Parents often mistake this for ...

I met with a family recently with a 23-month-old (whom I'll call Aiden) who is biting people. Naturally, the parents (Maritza and Oliver) are very concerned because other families are getting upset at ...

When Debbie Caballero was a young girl she used to bite boys. ``I guess I wanted to get attention,'' said Caballero, an executive director for the local Girl Scouts in Columbus, Ga. She didn't keep it ...