What steps to take when a classmate of my 33-month-old bites him?
My son is 2 years 9 months old. He has a classmate of roughly the same age. The class is for kids under 3 and over 2.
That classmate bites or attempts to bite my son. My son is his only target in class for some reason. He does this when the teacher is not around. My son doesn't bite back or complain to the teacher. There are bite marks on his hand, which I have shown to the teacher. The teacher said that this behavior was common among children of that age. The only defense my son has is a weak attempt to push the other kid away from him. So far this has happened 3 times.
Since this is happening in preschool, what steps should I take?
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I don't think it is a common behaviour for kids 3 years old. I have a son 2 and half and they passed that days way back ago. I would recommend the following steps:
Ask the teacher to speak to the kid's parents;
Bring awareness to the centre director, it is unsafe behaviour;
Teach your son to firmly say: "Stop! I don't like it!" with his hand near the chest and palm out.
Teach your child to protest loudly. A loud "no! don't bite me!" should be enough, and if it isn't, it should get the teacher's attention.
Pushing away is also good, but why is he only doing it "weakly"?
What did the teacher say when you addressed this?
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