A child who bites is not on a path towards being a discipline problem, a bad person, or a cannibal. There are a number of possible explanations for why some children bite, none of them the fault of a bad home, bad parents, or bad teachers. Most of the time, it is hard to guess what is going on in the child's mind. Punishment at the Center may make the situation worse. Punishment later at home is not understood by the child.
Some children become stuck for a while in a biting syndrome.
We make every effort to extinguish the behavior quickly and balance our commitment to the family of the biting child with that of the other families. Only after we feel we have made every effort to make the program work for the child should the Center consider termination. All children are special. All children have individual needs that require careful attention and flexible programming. A child's behavior at the Center may be very different than in other settings.