Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tension and stress are often the triggers for nail-biting, says paediatrician Monika Niehaus. Jens Schierenbeck/dpa Many children ...

Nail-biting–You’ll notice it in the car seat line, during story time, and at soccer. Tiny fingers drift to tiny teeth. Maybe they chew until the nails are ragged. Maybe they pick at the side-skin ...

It is a common parental experience. One moment, your child is playing quietly, and the next, there’s a sharp cry, a set of teeth marks, and a rush of confusion. Biting can feel alarming, even personal ...

Parents can feel desperate when their little ones bite, taking it as a sign of a badly behaved child or left scrambling if their kid gets kicked out of a child care for recurrent biting. But it’s ...

My son has been bitten at daycare a couple of times now and although the daycare teachers won’t tell me who the perpetrator is, I think I have a fairly good idea. OK, ease up there cowboy. While I ...

When a five-year-old suddenly starts hitting and biting classmates, it can feel like a flashing neon sign that something has gone very wrong. The behavior is upsetting, the phone call from school is ...