Biting is a common behavior among children birth to three-years-old in-group care. Every effort will be made to determine the reasoning or the function behind the biting behavior so that we can try to figure out what teachers and parents can do to teach the child more appropriate responses than biting. Children bite for many different reasons. Some of the reasons include, but are not limited to, exploration, teething, investigating cause and effect, attention, frustration in expressing needs or wants , becoming independent, learning to play with other children, anxiety, or feeling threatened by new or changing situation.