When a five-year-old suddenly starts hitting and biting classmates, it can feel like a flashing neon sign that something has gone very wrong. The behavior is upsetting, the phone call from school is ...

Eighteen-month-old Sophie is digging happily in the sandbox next to her friend Kate. Kate suddenly takes Sophie's shovel. Sophie bites her arm. Biting is a particularly hard behavior for parents to ...

I met with a family recently with a 23-month-old (whom I'll call Aiden) who is biting people. Naturally, the parents (Maritza and Oliver) are very concerned because other families are getting upset at ...

The call from school is specific and urgent: your five-year-old hit a classmate during circle time, or bit another child on ...