Parenting
Hitting and Kicking: Understanding the Developmental Context
Your toddler hits when they don't get their way. Your preschooler kicks during an argument with a peer. Your child strikes out when frustrated or over...
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Parenting
How to Handle Aggressive Behavior in Young Children
Your toddler hits when they're frustrated. Your preschooler punches a peer during conflict. Your child throws things when they don't get their way. Ag...
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Emotions
Aggression in Toddlers: Developmental Norm or Warning Sign
The toddler who hits their parent, bites a playmate, or pushes another child off a toy is not demonstrating early antisocial tendencies. They are demo...
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Daycare
Age-Related Reasons for Aggressive Behavior in Groups
Physical aggression — hitting, biting, pushing, snatching — is one of the most common behavioural challenges in daycare settings. Parents whose childr...
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Daycare
Why a Child May Act Aggressively at Daycare: Age-Related Causes
Being told that your child has hit, bitten, or pushed another child at daycare is alarming for most parents. It is natural to wonder: is something wro...
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Emotions
Hitting and Biting in Toddlers: Why It Happens and How to Respond
A toddler who bites another child at nursery produces immediate shame in the parent, concern from staff, and upset in the bitten child. It is one of t...
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Emotions
Peer Conflict in Toddlers: Why Children Fight Over Toys and What Adults Should Do
Two toddlers and one attractive toy is a reliably predictable situation: one will take the toy, the other will object, escalation will follow. Adults...
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