When your own child bites

[Pebbles08]

Thank you for your replies.

I have read so many people online in different places saying to bite them back. While I may resort to that eventually, I personally feel that its not something I want to try right now. If your child smacks you in the face or does something else that hurts you, you wouldn't do it back to them. It would seem to me like we are telling them this behaviour is ok sometimes. But I totally understand why people do it!!

I like the idea of shoving his own arm/hand in his mouth. I might give that a go next time he tries to bite.

Who knows, maybe I will resort to giving him a nip eventually!

Thank you all for your replies!! I appreciate all of this advice!!

[Judy Trickett]

If your child smacks you in the face or does something else that hurts you, you wouldn't do it back to them. It would seem to me like we are telling them this behaviour is ok sometimes.

No, but when you hurt somebody in the big grown up world we separate you from your family and toss you in an itty bitty cell among other individuals who will do more than just bite you. And in some of the states (another so-called civilized nation) when you murder someone you are sentenced to death. We must always remember that we are not raising children we are actually raising adults. The lessons they learn now will carry the through the rest of their lives.

My point is that with parenting there sometimes IS a double standard in order to teach a lesson.