Why does my 3 year old bite and how can I make him ...

when your 3 year old bites someone bite him/her back. And hard enough for them to cry, but not break the skin. He/she will learn that this hurts the others too and will stop biting.

i don't think you should bite him back. I used to get SOOOOOOOOO mad at my sister I used to bite her but I was probably 8 or 10 or so. My older cousin bit her siblings which is where I got the idea. He is probably frustrated and doesn't know how to handle his feelings. He is old enough now to understand that he hurts others when he bites...try talking to him. Tell the other parents you are sorry and you are trying to get him to stop. Maybe the school teachers have some ideas. I'm sure they've dealt with this problem with other kids in the past. Good luck.

Thanks Kelly,at this point I think I need all the luck I can get. He is a very sweet boy, and just has the cutest face and very loving. He is very smart and he knows how to use his words, he just wants to bite when the situation is not to his liking. The director of the center and teachers are trying eveything we can think of. As of right now, today he bit so he cant go to school tomorrow, which by the way he loves, I tell him he cant go tomorrow because he hurts his friends. so far this week he has missed 2 days. Any suggestions or ideas would be great. Thanks for responding Kelly.

I'll ask some of my relatives if they have any ideas... you know...my cousin who bit is a nurse now and works at a doctor's office so she may have an idea.  I will get back to you..... You're welcome.

Hey Collinsmom...I have an idea. Give him something that he CAN bite when he wants to bite. My son used to get so mad when he was around 5 I made him go hit his pillow as hard as he could as much as wanted to. Eventually he got tired of that and just learned to control his temper. Now he's 20 and a pretty laid back kid. I think there's something about little boys they need to vent physically. Well, maybe girls do too. I'll think about my daughter later. Maybe Collin could have a pillow or a blanket or something he could carry-with to bite.

i would come up with a bed time story on biting .i came up with a green pasta that jumped and it showed all the other pasta to jump .in order to help him understand no every one has the same talent and people look different.i think if you give it a lot of thought, a repeated bed time story is great .its the time you spend with them . share how biteing affects others and find out why he bites 

I don't have an answer for you.  But I'm the same problem.  I have a 3 years old child that just started biting right after he got bit from another child so many times and that was a toddler so he learned from and now I took him from that place and he goes to preschool now and he just bite 3 or 4 kids so far and he has reason for it.  Not because he does it.  Is because he protect himself from getting hurt or someone taking a the toys from him.  I doesn't know how to use words yet.  His still working on it.  So now they sent him home and suspend him from school and they told me that he needs some special help about his emotion.  Like get some Assessment test for his development.