The Biting Solution: The Expert's No-Biting Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Early Childhood Educators

by Lisa Poelle

Biting is one of the most aggressive toddler behaviors that parents and childcare providers have to handle. Though the first bite can often com as a complete surprise—a normally mild-mannered child takes a chomp—the habit is a difficult one to break. This helpful guide provides parents and caregivers with recommendations for prevention, immediate intervention, and long-term solutions, and includes a puppet show script and a song that adults can use to help children learn to communicate without biting, hitting, or other inappropriate behavior.

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2012

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book presents practical advice for how to understand and help children navigate strong emotions. I’m looking forward to applying the information it provided.

The only thing I wish it would have mentioned is when your child bite themselves. It will be interesting to see if the suggestions improve this behavior as well.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book after my 11-month-old had a few biting incidents at his daycare. I was feeling distraught, unsure how to help him learn not to do this. But the book gave me a clear plan of action. It explains how to correct a pre-verbal child in a way that he will come to understand, and that actually works -- within two weeks or so of correcting him, my son stopped biting. The book is also really helpful in that it explains the child's point of view, at various stages of development. Having a sense of what my son was thinking when he bites was incredibly helpful to me, so I could anticipate when it might happen and avoid putting him in that situation. I would highly recommend this to anyone who needs a little help dealing with this challenging phase.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Often asked for help when a child is biting I purchased this book for our collection. As with any informative book, you must practice what you have learned. From a public library collection standpoint I wish it did not have worksheets inside. The single most important piece of information I found was the Reasoning with your Child section. Adults often ask the child ..How would you feel if someone bit you - don't do that to someone...yet the child was not given any tools to use when the biting urge strikes. This book will give you some much needed suggestions and examples.

[Blaire Malkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

informative re solutions to biting in daycare.