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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
2 year old hitting, biting baby sister and peers!!!
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
2 year old hitting, biting baby sister and peers!!!
by LaGrauer, Jul 30, 2002 12:00AM
My 2 year old daughter has been biting and scratching her 6 month old sister ALL the time. She bites her hands and feet and pinches her in the face. She will also pinch her friends in the face for no apparant reason. She walks up to other children and just pinches them (usually in the face) or scratches them. She will also try and hit kids walking by her if she is in her stroller or a cart. She has also bitten her friends but not as often as her sister. When I try to tell her NO or if she does not get her way she will start screaming. I have tried time out, putting her in her room for a couple of minutes and nothing is working. I am very concerned because I am at my wits end. She is really hurting my 6 month old and I have no idea what else to do. It also really bothers me that she is so aggressive to other children when they have not even done anything to her! I would really appreciate any advice on why she may be acting this way and what I can do to try and stop this behavior. Thank you!
Lisa
Lisa
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Jul 30, 2002 12:00AM
, Jul 30, 2002 12:00AM
There's really no way to determine in a forum such as this why your daughter is acting in such an aggressive manner. However, the behavior bears some intervention on two levels. On the behavior management front, closer supervision of her will be required. She needs to be prevented from being in situations in which she has the opportunity to hurt her sister. At the least sign of aggressive behavior, she should be placed in time out, preferably in an adult-size chair. You may need some guidance in how to implement a plan, and you can obtain such guidance, as well as an assessment of your daughter, via an evaluation by a pediatric mental health clinician. The clinician may meet with your daughter face-to-face, and will also want to talk with you about the situation. Often, but not always, when such youn children act in such a persistently angry way, there is something amiss in the relationship between the child and parent. This might warrant some consideration on your part.
Member Comments (1)
by napoleon213, Jul 04, 2009 11:15PM
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