A girl aged( 3-4) bites others when approached by children who wants to play with her.
She does not share things/toys and likes to play by herself.
She has new born sibling at home.
Mother is concerned about her behaviour of biting. She thinks that her child bites her peers instead of talking to them.
Educators are encouraging the child to use her words to communicate with others.
Confront:
The child is demonstrating challenging behavioural issues. The reason behind her behaviour could be a new born sibling at home and she wants attention from adults. She does not like to share her toys and does not communicate with her peers. She bites other children when they approach her to play. Educators are encouraging her to talk with her peers instead of biting because this behaviour is not acceptable. According to mother, the child is intentionally biting her peers because she does not …show more content…
Others may bite as a self-defence strategy (Marlowe, 1999; NAEYC, 1996).
I agree with the Piaget’s egocentric theory used by my peer (T. Maybanks, personal communication, March 21, 2017). According to Piaget, the egocentric child assumes that others see, hear and feel exactly the same as the child does. This girl has inability to see situation from another child’s point of view because she does not realize that her biting is hurting other children. According to Piaget, this stage is called preoperational stage, where child is absorbed in its own private world and does not communicate with others.
Children who cannot verbalize their feelings and often communicate physically by shoving, pushing and biting (Legg, 1993; Reynolds, 1990). In this case, the child is unable to communicate her feelings to other children and she is expressing herself by biting. According to Reynolds (1990), the reason of biting is frustration due to lack of communication
She does not share things/toys and likes to play by herself.
She has new born sibling at home.
Mother is concerned about her behaviour of biting. She thinks that her child bites her peers instead of talking to them.
Educators are encouraging the child to use her words to communicate with others.
Confront:
The child is demonstrating challenging behavioural issues. The reason behind her behaviour could be a new born sibling at home and she wants attention from adults. She does not like to share her toys and does not communicate with her peers. She bites other children when they approach her to play. Educators are encouraging her to talk with her peers instead of biting because this behaviour is not acceptable. According to mother, the child is intentionally biting her peers because she does not …show more content…
Others may bite as a self-defence strategy (Marlowe, 1999; NAEYC, 1996).
I agree with the Piaget’s egocentric theory used by my peer (T. Maybanks, personal communication, March 21, 2017). According to Piaget, the egocentric child assumes that others see, hear and feel exactly the same as the child does. This girl has inability to see situation from another child’s point of view because she does not realize that her biting is hurting other children. According to Piaget, this stage is called preoperational stage, where child is absorbed in its own private world and does not communicate with others.
Children who cannot verbalize their feelings and often communicate physically by shoving, pushing and biting (Legg, 1993; Reynolds, 1990). In this case, the child is unable to communicate her feelings to other children and she is expressing herself by biting. According to Reynolds (1990), the reason of biting is frustration due to lack of communication