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- From: staffan@ca.serum.kodak.com (Kenneth Staffan (x37507))
- Subject: Help! - comforting bitee...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.171151.29044@clpd.kodak.com>
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- Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:11:51 GMT
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- I know similar things have been discussed in the past, so I'm hoping
- someone will have some advice for me.
-
- Over the last few months my 22-month old son has been bitten several
- times at his daycare/preschool. Although concerned, of course, we hadn't
- made much of an issue of it (not wanting to blow it out of proportion, figuring
- that given time it would get better, and seeing no indication of long-term
- effects in our son). However, this weekend, his behaviour raised our
- level of concern. The last time that he was actually bitten was the
- previous Monday. Repeatedly, over the weekend, on all three days, our
- son got a very concerned/anxious look, and would say "David, bite. David,
- bite". We told him that biting was naughty, and that if David did this,
- to say "No No" and tell him it was naughty. We wondered, though, if he
- was looking for more than this, since he kept bringing it up. (And it's
- not like Mr.-short-attention-span to dwell on something like that all
- weekend.)
-
- This morning I discussed it with his teacher, and she expressed some
- frustration over the biter. Apparently they have not had much success with
- the several methods of dealing with it that they have tried, and have not
- gotten much support from his parents. She suggested talking with the
- director of the school, so that she gets parental feedback on the
- problem. I intend to do that this evening. So... my questions are:
-
- Does anyone have suggestions on how we should be handling this
- with our son (other than what we are already telling him)?
-
- Should we be saying anything specific to the school, or doing
- anything that would help?
-
- Do you think our escalated concern is valid, or does this still
- sound like a semi-normal, time-will-heal-it problem?
-
- Thanks for any advice or comments!
-
- Ken
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- staffan@serum.kodak.com
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