Growing up, we hear phrases and mantras all the time from the grown-ups around us. It may not make a lot of sense to us when we're young, but as we grow older, these life lessons start to sink in. We realize what those words of experience might have been trying to teach us all along. As I venture into my third decade of life, I continue to grow and learn. The following are a few that have been ringing in my ears as I navigate adulthood.

Whether you are witnessing your child being bitten or your child is the biter, each scenario is hopelessly out of the parent's control. Or is it? The act may be age-appropriate, but that does not mean there is nothing you can do to help the situation.