How do you get a six year old to stop biting? I've tried time out and spanking but she doesn't get it.

Answer 1

Biting is usually a way a child deals with anger or fear. Here is what I found from the Cincinati Childrens Hospital. Good Luck
Powerless biting
Powerless biting occurs when a child is in need of feeling powerful. Sometimes, the youngest child in the family uses biting to gain power. To help prevent this type of biting:
Make sure your child feels protected and is not always being "picked on" by others.
Explain the situation to bigger or older children and get their help to make things more equal.
If biting occurs, tell your child that he / she is not to bite and remove him / her from the situation right away. Stay with your child and help him / her to calm down. Explore other, better ways to handle the situation with your child, so he / she learns to handle emotions differently next time.
Stressful biting
Stressful biting is done when a child is under a lot of emotional stress. Biting may be a sign of distress or pain when the child is upset or angry. If this occurs:
Try to find out what is bothering your child. Watch for what happens right before the biting occurs.
Help your child to find other ways to express his / her feelings. Let him / her know that biting is wrong and remove him / her from the situation right away.

Answer 2

Spanking does not teach a child that it is approriate to bite. I got spankings growing up and I turned out just fine.
However six years old is way to old to still be doing that. I would give her a good bite back and let her see how it feels. I know people who have done that before and it got rid of the problem.
However then you have to worry about a teacher at school reporting it. It's a catch 22.

Answer 3

don't spank her, this teaches it's OK to hit. Instead, tell her why it is bad to bite, and that if she bites again, she will have a privilege (desert, allowance, TV, etc.) taken away for a reasonable amount of time or until you say so. If she continues, take something else away. Eventually, she will want her stuff back, and will learn that biting is no way to get what she wants.

Don't bite her back. This will only re-enfore the idea that it's ok to hurt others, and she doesn't deserve to be hurt by her parents. She needs to know that you will love her no matter what. So show her you do, but that it's not ok to bite.

Tell her to use words instead of hurtng. Ask her to calm down before you talk to her, and make sure she appologizes for biting you. Praise her for using words to express herself when she does.

Answer 4

I never heard of a six year old still biting, is there some reason for this? Try biting her back, and don't be nice, many parents have done this and it has helped, although the experts say not to, I don't know if this will help for a child that old though

Answer 5

hmmm I'd explain to her why she shouldnt bite and then tell her this is what will happen if you continue to bite. Take something from her, or make her go ot her room everytime she bites. Hitting her or biting her back isnt going to work, you need to be smarter than the kid...

Answer 6

6 seems kind of old to still be biting...biting is more common in younger children like 2 to 3 years...

Answer 7

I recommend slapping some Orajel or Vaseline on their teeth. I tried it with a demonic little five year old that I had to watch. It worked, but then of course he just found another way to be a little monster.

Answer 8

I know they say that you're not supposed to, but bite her back. Let her have a taste of what she's dishing out. That's what my mom did, and I've done it. And it does work. It might take a few times, but it will work.
Good luck.

Answer 9

bite her back, i know it sounds mean but i did this to my 3 year old and he never bit me again.....
when she bites u ,bite her back, not hard but still hard enough to get there attention, then tell her everytime she bites u ,u r gonna bite her back....then the next time she does it tell her its ur turn & do it again, i bet she will never do it again!!!

i know i sounds cruel but it works, see my 3 year old made a 2 year old bleed after he bit her, needless to say her parents were pissed!!! so i had to do something so when he did it to me i bit him back & told him that if it hurt him it hurt me,and if he did it anymore then it was my turn next!!!!

Answer 10

Is she mentally challenged? The time out should work. DON'T SPANK! Watch Nanny 911 and Supernanny! Those shows are great and I wish they'd been around when my kids were that age.