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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hitting / biting is not normal behavior, although certain people will scream their disagreement. I can only suspect that something was happening at daycare. [/quote]

You clearly know nothing about toddlers and normal development. Bugger off.

To the OP: agree w earlier posts to just keep working on using his words [/quote]
Don't ask how much parents pay me for consultations.[/quote]

Liar. [/quote]

Exactly.  Hitting and biting are normal behavior for some toddlers.  These are 19 month old boys who were upset and wrestling over a toy.  These aggressive responses fit the age and the situation.  Aside from working on DS using his words, you might read books like Hands Are Not for Hitting and No More Hitting for Little Hamster.  You might role play asking for a turn or asking for "help."  Remind him often to ask teachers for help.  Overtime they will learn better impulse control and how to use their words.  The teachers might work to intervene faster for a while, particularly between these two.[/quote]
Sure. Hitting is normal for some parents to.[/quote]

I didn't say acceptable.  Everyone involved should work to curb it.  I said normal, meaning a young child hitting another young child happens at some point in most preschools most days.  Biting is not as common but still happens between young children occasionally and it is within normal limits.  They don't have the language or coping skills and many of them at 19 months are still easily overwhelmed by their negative emotions and have little in the way of impulse control.  Within normal yes, acceptable no.[/quote]

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