Parenting
Hitting and Kicking: Understanding the Developmental Context
Your toddler hits when they don't get their way. Your preschooler kicks during an argument with a peer. Your child strikes out when frustrated or over...
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Parenting
Biting in Toddlers: Causes and Responses
Your toddler bites a peer during a conflict. At home, they bite your arm when they're excited. These moments are alarming and frustrating, and they of...
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Parenting
When Aggression Requires Professional Assessment
Most aggression in early childhood is developmental and responds to consistent parenting strategies. But sometimes aggression signals something that n...
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Parenting
How to Handle Aggressive Behavior in Young Children
Your toddler hits when they're frustrated. Your preschooler punches a peer during conflict. Your child throws things when they don't get their way. Ag...
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Emotions
Aggression in Toddlers: Developmental Norm or Warning Sign
The toddler who hits their parent, bites a playmate, or pushes another child off a toy is not demonstrating early antisocial tendencies. They are demo...
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Daycare
Age-Related Reasons for Aggressive Behavior in Groups
Physical aggression — hitting, biting, pushing, snatching — is one of the most common behavioural challenges in daycare settings. Parents whose childr...
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Daycare
Why a Child May Act Aggressively Toward Others
When a parent learns their child hit, bit, or pushed another child at daycare, it can feel embarrassing and concerning. However, aggression in young c...
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Emotions
Hitting and Biting in Toddlers: Why It Happens and How to Respond
A toddler who bites another child at nursery produces immediate shame in the parent, concern from staff, and upset in the bitten child. It is one of t...
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