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My son has bitten another child in reception class.
We've not had any other incidents since the start of school but at nursery he did hit a few times.
I'm just looking for some ideas on how to help him manage his anger.
I've tried to explain that when you get angry you need to walk away, talk to an adult, take a deep breath etc but it's clearly not sinking in.
I have a close friend who's little boy he really clashes with, we rarely meet up as it can be quite stressful I feel both their personalities clash.
I've noticed when another child is getting in his face or if they touch him in an argument this is when he lashes out or tries to - for example he was on a trike and friends child was grabbing the handlebars and shouting in his face so he went to bite him, luckily I was standing in between so stopped him and gave him a stern talking to...we spoke for ages about right and wrong behaviour and different ways to express anger.
I've explained that everyone gets angry and may want to lash out but we don't as it's wrong hurts etc. Ive only seen him go to bite once before and I think he did it once at nursery when he was 2.
The teacher explained the other child was waving arms in his face and said something mean so I can only assume this is why he chomped down in frustration as he would usually walk away.
I'm feeling horrified for the other child's poor arm and like im failing my son - I just want to teach him how to handle his anger but how?? I've taken his privileges away this week but feel this isn't really addressing the underlying problem.