u/Greedy_Vegetable2823

Hi! So recently about 3 months ago I became a preschool teacher. I am a college student studying early childhood development and thought being in a preschool would be a great way to be around a teaching environment and children before being certified. I got off to a rough start but as the students got to know me they started liking me more and more. With the kids liking me the days haven’t been as difficult but these last 2 days have been hell. During centers it’s just utter chaos having them run around the room, throwing things and just in general not listening. Yesterday when I went to stop a child for misbehaving he straight up slapped me in the face and i lost it. I went and cried in the bathroom. Today the same child bit a friend and I pulled him for a chat to talk to him about how we don’t do that and he just starts hitting me. The next thing I know he’s pulling my hair and pulls out a good bit of my hair and is looking at it. I told the office and they told me to notify the parents about what happened. Before the parents picked him up the child also bit my leg. I am so mentally drained and the idea of going back to work tomorrow has me wanting to cry. I genuinely love this child and don’t want to be mean but I’m my wits end trying to figure out what to do in this situation. Any advice/tips/tricks i can do to stop him from behaving like this. (Sorry the grammar in this is probably terrible i just needed to rant)