How many 6 year olds bite??

We haven't had a physical aggression problem between children since they were 2.

Also, the joy of 6 is that it's drop off age. Pick kids who don't bite.

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Anonymous wrote:My child got bitten by another child in a private school. We complained. The school did nothing. We left for another private. They wouldn't counsel the other child out because of financial reasons.

Our private got rid of most, not all of the kids with behavioral problems. Our public does absolutely nothing about behavioral issues. One kid has touched my child every day all year, grabbing him every morning. I complain and they say they will monitor it and nothing changes. I can't wait to be done with this school year

Tell them you will bring up charges of harassment and assault if it isn't dealt with immediately.

I'm not going to file harassment or assault charges on a SN kid who should be in a more appropriate placement. Why would you do that to a child? Better for me to make sure next year my child is not placed with that child.

NP here. I'd do it because if you threaten to hit them in the pocketbook, it might be the one thing to get the SN child a more appropriate placement!

It also would show my child that they're allowed to have boundaries, no matter what the other person's problems might be. Seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:My child got bitten by another child in a private school. We complained. The school did nothing. We left for another private. They wouldn't counsel the other child out because of financial reasons.

Our private got rid of most, not all of the kids with behavioral problems. Our public does absolutely nothing about behavioral issues. One kid has touched my child every day all year, grabbing him every morning. I complain and they say they will monitor it and nothing changes. I can't wait to be done with this school year

Tell them you will bring up charges of harassment and assault if it isn't dealt with immediately.

I'm not going to file harassment or assault charges on a SN kid who should be in a more appropriate placement. Why would you do that to a child? Better for me to make sure next year my child is not placed with that child.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, how many 6 year olds are you hanging out with that bite? I know none.

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Same. And I have a kid who sometimes needs supervision.

Anonymous wrote:Wait, how many 6 year olds are you hanging out with that bite? I know none.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child got bitten by another child in a private school. We complained. The school did nothing. We left for another private. They wouldn't counsel the other child out because of financial reasons.

Our private got rid of most, not all of the kids with behavioral problems. Our public does absolutely nothing about behavioral issues. One kid has touched my child every day all year, grabbing him every morning. I complain and they say they will monitor it and nothing changes. I can't wait to be done with this school year

Tell them you will bring up charges of harassment and assault if it isn't dealt with immediately.

Anonymous wrote:My child got bitten by another child in a private school. We complained. The school did nothing. We left for another private. They wouldn't counsel the other child out because of financial reasons.

Our private got rid of most, not all of the kids with behavioral problems. Our public does absolutely nothing about behavioral issues. One kid has touched my child every day all year, grabbing him every morning. I complain and they say they will monitor it and nothing changes. I can't wait to be done with this school year

My child got bitten by another child in a private school. We complained. The school did nothing. We left for another private. They wouldn't counsel the other child out because of financial reasons.

If a child is bitting your child, you don't invite them over and after one bite you heavily supervise.

Wait, how many 6 year olds are you hanging out with that bite? I know none.

Well, you don't see your kid - so while other kids may be physical, but your kid maybe verbally the aggressor.

This is a weird post. You let your kid be in the harm's way and you wonder why the other parent think you not doing enough. These two kids were not mature enough to play without supervision. Maybe your child can do it with other kids, but obviously not with this one. Both of you need to pay more attention.

If you hear that they're repeatedly having trouble, you need to intervene more promptly and help them figure out how to communicate. Your kid may not be the biter but your kid may, for example, be the one who is refusing to compromise. Figure out what the problem is and help them deal with it. Sometimes they may need to be shepherded on to a different game or activity, and sometimes a more "parallel play" type of activity can diffuse the situation (ex. drawing or playdough).

You need to interfere beore it gets to the point that your child is bitten, OP. When you hear fighting, go into the room and let them work it out with a little adult supervision.

Help me out, I'm not saying my 6yo is never the instigator or always makes good choices when problem solving with her friends, but she is never the one to get physical/push/grab etc...and in turn it is easier for me to be a hands off parent and say "let the kids work out the problem
For themselves. How this works in practice though, is that it can leave me feeling like the other parent is having to be vigilant at parenting their child, while I hang back. It's making me self-conscious that they feel I am supposed to be doing something too. example, the parents are in the kitchen chatting while the kids are playing in the living room one kid thinks the game should be played one way, the other kid another way...shouting ensues, we stop chatting to listen, then we hear my kid saying "stop biting me!" And then the other kids parent jumps up to go handle their kid. This happens multiple times, in various scenarios over the course of 2h.