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- From: wang@ssd.intel.com (Wen-Lin Wang)
- Subject: Re: Help! - comforting bitee...
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- References: <1993Jan25.171151.29044@clpd.kodak.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:26:43 GMT
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- My email bounced, so here it is...
-
- I know that quite a few people will assure you that biting is common and will
- go away eventually. Well, it will go away and maybe it's common too, but I
- don't think it's acceptable. It creates heartache for parents, not
- mentioning possible infections if skin breaks.
-
- My daughter was bitten once with small skin breaks. At the time the teachers
- payed a lot of attention on her so she didn't think much about it. Later on
- she would tell me who bit her. I taught her that if any kid was about to bite
- her, she should "push that child away and say loudly 'NO BITING', and call the
- teacher for help". We practiced this couple of times and she appeared happy
- with some confidence that she can control the situation.
-
- Since I knew the biter had a biting history, we talked to the head teacher
- and heard about their policy of dealing with this situation. Her teacher
- even guaranteed that this won't happen again. Since then, my daughter
- advanced to the next group and we haven't heard any more such incident, yet.
-
- I don't know talking to the director will help that much. I think you need to
- work with the teacher(s) who are directly responsible with these children.
- Often the biting episode happens when the teachers are too busy and the
- children are left unattended. How did the teachers handle these situation?
- How was the biter and bitee treated?
-
- If the teachers are really out of means of handling this biter, then find
- out if there is a policy of removing the 'uncurable biter' from the school.
- I believe that as a parent and paying customer, I have the right to air my
- concern about the safety and wellbeing of my own child. Of course, I am
- always willing to work with the school to find an acceptable solution for
- all who are concerned.
-
- In my child's daycare, 1 year old and two year olds are sub-grouped in a large
- classroom with partitions. 1 year old stay in one partition, 2 - 2.5 stay in
- another and 2.5+ stay in one. They are segregated but can observe each
- other. When my child got bitten, she was in the middle partition. A month
- later she advanced to the 2.5+ group, and the biter stayed in the middle group.
- If your child's daycare has similar arrangement, they may be willing to
- adjust his environment. It turned out the biter in my child's daycare bit
- quite a few other kids too, the other kids all since 'advanced'.
-
- Good luck.
-
- Wen-lin
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