I have always been reserved.  I don't like causing or being involved in scenes especially in public places.  I'm just not that type of person.  I grew up under the mantra "do as I say, not as I do" as I'm sure most people in my age group did.  I did not have to deal with any one of my 3 brothers biting, and hitting just wasn't allowed.  We all were a little bit afraid of our parents and we knew where our limits were most of the time.  When we got into trouble we learned not to make the same mistakes (or at least not to make the mistake of getting caught!) again for fear of a greater punishment than the one we received the first time.  My son, however, is a different sort of kid. 

He is a biter and a hitter.  He is only 2-years-old, but he continually bites either his sister or his cousin and then admits it when asked.  Now don't get me wrong, I'm glad that he's being honest with me, and I don't want that to change, but you would think he would have learned after being punished that the best way would be to deny it!  He has bitten his cousin several times.  Each time he has lost TV privileges.  We have tried a variety of other punishments with his continued biting...no snacks, timeouts, biting an onion - I even bit him once! - but nothing has worked.  He is angry about something and can't seem to vocalize it any other way then biting.  He doesn't bite adults, he saves the hitting, which is dealt with, for the adults.  Talking to him doesn't work either - I can get him to promise that he won't bite when I drop him off, and then come to find that he did anyway.  He's probably too young to understand the concept of promise, but I thought that it was worth a try.

{{Sigh}}...What am I going to do with him?