Almost every other child goes through a stage where they start biting their parents or their siblings or just anyone else. It's a phase. The problem begins when they start biting other children, after which their parents jump in to call the child a "bad kid."
When the biting phase among toddlers start to happen, parents often ask the questions — Why do children bite and what makes them do that? According to the Hand in Hand Parenting, children bite when they are afraid or when they feel frustrated.
Moreover, a child starts to bite when they realize that it hurts. Children are very soft at heart and they do not intentionally hurt others, so when they bite they do not exactly know that what they are doing.
A child is too small to express their feelings by shouting or screaming so biting is the only way they could express themselves. Children only want attention all the time and at times, their parents cannot provide them with the attention they seek, noting their busy working schedules. Most often than not, this makes the child upset and disappointed that leads toward the child's biting reaction.
What parents need to do is find another way for a child to express its frustration and that is to talk about it. Parents need to ask as to how their child feels. A child should be told that it's okay to share their feelings with parents. Look straight into their eyes and talk to them. That way, it will make them feel good and then when the next time they will feel alone, they will express it.
Parenting blog also reveals that the gender of the baby is another factor to remember when dealing with toddler or baby bites because male babies bites more compared to their female counterparts. All in all, parents should make sure that their kids are well-trained to express their emotions freely and that they are not restrained from the kind of physical activity they want to do, whether it will be playing on the seesaw for two hours or climbing a tree under supervision.
