How do children who often "bite their nails" grow up?

Children who often "bite their nails" how will they grow up? (Image source: Adobe Stock)

12-year-old Xiao Jie, since childhood, likes to "bite his nails": bite before eating in the morning, bite on the way to school, bite when writing homework, bite when watching TV at night, and 10 fingers are bitten bare. When she first found out, Xiao Jie's mother told her son that this was very unhygienic and should not bite in the future; after Xiao Jie superficially promised her mother to "bite her nails", she did not pay attention and bit up. Xiao Jie's father also beat the child several times for this purpose, but the result did not work.

Listen to neighbors say that children love to "bite their nails" may be the lack of certain trace elements in the body. Therefore, Xiao Jie's parents took the child to the hospital for examination, found that the calcium, iron and zinc were normal, and the doctor suggested taking the child to see the psychological clinic.

Finally, through the relevant psychological tests and the doctor's interview, it was found that Xiao Jie was not only depressed, but also very unconfident and extremely insecure. Asked why, he found that Xiao Jie was separated from his parents from childhood, and his parents did not return to his side until he was in elementary school, which made him very "strange" to his parents.

When Xiao Jie appears to "bite his nails", his parents either criticize or scold, which makes Xiao Jie very nervous, and inadvertently will comfort himself by "biting his nails".

Children who often "bite their nails" can't escape 2 endings when they grow up

Although the nail seams are small, they are a "good place" to "hide dirt and dirt". If children like to "bite their nails" for a long time, the light ones will affect their physical health due to "disease from the mouth"; the heavy ones will have serious psychological diseases due to long-term pressure.

According to child experts, children who often "bite their nails" will most likely not be able to escape the 2 endings when they grow up.

1. Minor illnesses continue

A netizen on the Internet once made an oil poem for the behavior of "biting nails": There is a child, the problem loves to eat hands; the nails are long, he does not cut, put them in the mouth to bite; the days are long, the face is yellow and thin; when I go to the hospital, the problems are all in the love of eating hands.

Because there are many bacteria in the nail cover, it is a good place to "hide dirt and dirt", children in the "nail bite" at the same time, bacteria will also "disease from the mouth", so that children continue to be sick, affecting physical health.

In 2007, Turkish experts selected 59 students to test each person's saliva for bacteria that cause diarrhea or vomiting. The test results found that 76% of the children who tested positive responded to the test preferred to bite their nails; while only 26.5% of those who did not like to bite their nails tested positive.

It can be seen that nail biting will have a direct impact on the health of children, through the comparison of children of the same age, children who often bite their nails have a worse physique and are more likely to get sick.

2. Lack of security

Children like to "bite their nails", it is likely that there is a psychological problem.

In a "Parenting Big" show, there is a little girl who especially likes to "bite her nails" when she writes her homework. According to the doctor's analysis, this is due to the little girl's mother constantly blaming when tutoring homework. Under the accusation of the mother, the child is prone to nervousness, anxiety, and even insecurity, and is accustomed to using "biting the finger" to relieve his tension.

If parents do not pay attention to their words and deeds, the child's psychology will not be soothed. Over time, psychological problems will become more and more serious when they grow up, and their personality will be affected.

What should parents do with children who "bite their fingers"? (Image source: Adobe Stock)

What should parents do with children who "bite their fingers"?

In the face of children who like to "bite their fingers", parents who smear yellow water and bitter melon juice on their children's fingernails abound, but not only are they useless, but they also cause children to eat their hands more and more frequently. What should parents do in the face of children who often "bite their fingers"?

1. Find the trigger and solve the problem

When children often "bite their fingers", the parents' simple language "stop" has little effect. At this time, parents should take their children to the hospital for examination to see if it is a physical cause or a psychological trigger.

If the child's body lacks a certain trace element, it can be supplemented by daily diet. For example, if you lack calcium, you will eat more calcium-rich kelp and shrimp skin; if you lack iron, you will eat more iron-rich soy products and animal livers; after a period of time, you may be able to slowly recover.

If it is caused by psychological incentives, the first thing parents should do is to accompany their children more and hug them regularly; secondly, through relevant cartoons and picture books, let children realize the harm of [biting their fingers].

Children's bad habits are not formed the same, and the road to correction also needs to be taken step by step. In the process of helping their children to correct, parents should avoid excessive scolding, after all, "things must be reversed".

2. Try "restriction therapy"

In the face of children who often "bite their fingers", it is difficult to achieve correction, and parents can try [restriction therapy]. For example, at the beginning, limit the child not to be at home [biting fingers], and then step by step to the public; at the beginning, limit the child to bite the finger can not exceed 2 fingers, and then over to bite 1 finger, until the bad habit of "biting the finger" is quit.

At the same time, every morning and evening, parents can massage the child's lips with a thumb to relieve the child's urge to bite the finger.

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