By: Mark Fagan
Submitted: 2010-06-03 08:53:10 | Word Count: 456
Nail biting is a common habit amongst children. Feelings such as being nervous or anxiety can be a trigger to children gaining comfort in nail biting much the same as thumb sucking. Different children grow out of the habit once mixing with other children who do not nail bite or they start to comment to the child about what they are doing. However some children won’t stop and will continue the habit. In this instance you will need to know how to stop your child’s nail biting before they create irreparable damage to their fingers.
Now if children are biting their nails just at the tip of the nail the damage will be minimal and there is not as much to concern yourself with. However if they start biting their nails so far aas they are tering their cuticles the chance of bleeding will be higher and then infections may be a reality. The mixture of constant tearing of the nail, bleeding and infection is a recipe for disaster!
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The easy thing to do as a parent is nag the child or even punish them in an attempt to get them to stop. However this will only cause more stress on the child which will only make the habit more comforting or tempting to them. The Question for you is then how do you stop your child’s nail biting? Making them think it is their own idea is the most important parts.
Your child needs to learn why they are biting their nails –As a parent you need to explain to your child the full story on the effects of nail biting and why people usually bite their nails. You need to get to the bottom of why they are doing it.
Celebrations of milestones – Set goals for your child with their nail biting. The goals need to be achievable so there can be celebrations when one of the goals has been reached. The child then thinks that they are really achieving improvement in their quest and hopefully will continue to work hard at trying to stop.
Bitter nail polishes, rewards, distractions, whatever the technique you use it needs to go alongside a positive environment. A positive environment will give you much better results than what punishment or constant nagging will deliver. The best learning strategy for how to stop your child’s nail biting is a positive one.
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