I used to teach with someone whose daughter was a bit of a handful.
I had a lot to say about her.
And her daughter.
Behind her back.
She’s a teacher.
She should have a handle on that.
She should know better.
That’s ridiculous.
Her daughter was getting in trouble for, among other things,
biting kids at preschool.
I was horrified by that.
Biting?
How terrible.
None of my kids have been biters.
Well,
until now.
Number 7 is definitely,
um,
Team Edward.
She will bite anyone,
anytime,
anywhere.
I have no idea where she learned it,
or why she does it.
But let me tell you,
teaching a 20-month-old that biting is not okay,
or funny,
is not as simple as I thought it was back in my judgemental teaching days.
Maybe it’s karma.
I don’t know.
But the next time I see a kid doing something that is
ridiculous,
or unaccpetable,
well,
I’m gonna look at the teeth marks on my leg,
and I’m keeping my mouth shut.
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biting is quite normal…a lot of kids do it. Its because their vocabulary isnt where they need it to be yet…..and they bite when they are mad at you, happy, sad….whatever. My #1 was a biting magnet….there was a kid in his preschool class that LOVED to bite him….I never got crazy about it because…..it happens (which the preschool ladies were NOT used to…they cringed everytime they told me he got bit…and looked a little “deer in the headlighty” when I said…”oh, ok” and kept walking……..
It happens….its not a reflection on your parenthood in the least.
Wish other parents thought that way. I am so sick of hearing mothers say they are going to scream, beat up , bite or whatever, the parents of the child that bit theirs. I think the preschool ladies might have been use to it, just always afraid of the mother’s response. Poop happens.
the preschool teachers were not used to my reaction…it was obvious. I joked around with my husband that if it happened again and the new girl was the one to tell me, I was going to ask her if she called the police and got the child charged with battery……(totally as a joke….)
I have done this before! I have learned also not to ever use the words “my child will never…..” because saying it will ensure it happens!
My son is a biter…He doesn’t have as many words as my daughter so he bites when he gets frustrated…I hate the biting, it seems to be calming down now at 22 months, however sometimes I’d take the biting over the whining…I feel your pain.
funny post — teeth marks on your leg — love it! I also refrain from thinking my kids would never this or never that — in fact, whenever a teacher has mentioned something, my first instinct is “omigosh, I’m SURE my kid did that” instead of today’s popular “what are you taking about? my kid would NEVER do that!” response
I am a teacher and have outstanding classroom management. Now, I am at home with my twin one-year-old girls and let me tell you teaching a class of twenty kids is much easier than handeling my girls. One of them is a biter, she pulls hair, grabs anyone that walks past her, pushes kids down while trying to hug them. And I say no, play nice, and so on, but it doesn’t work. When she gets older I can use my teacher abilities and set the rules but for now she has no idea what I am talking about. I used to look at people as well and say umm get a handle on your kids but now that I have one that is a handful I no longer say that.
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