Yesterday I went to school to pick up my son, and one of her classmates greeted me. As soon as I reached out, I suddenly saw that his fingernails were chewed like teeth on a saw blade, which was really ugly.
According to my son, this classmate usually spends most of his time nibbling on his nails, whether he is in class or out of class, as long as he is not playing with his classmates.
In fact, this kind of child's nail-gnawing behavior is still quite common around us.
Some parents will try to stop their children because there are too many bacteria in the nail slits because their children are nibbling on their nails. And some parents only hold their children to grow up, they will improve their own thinking to condone this behavior of their children. In fact, the harm of children gnawing nails is still quite a lot.
1. Bacterial infection
There are many, many dirty things hidden in the nail slits, and in the process of nibbling on nails, children will definitely eat these bacteria, germs, into their own bodies, and form a bacterial infection. Mild can cause the child to vomit, diarrhea, severe, and may also make the child into fungal nails difficult to root.
Second, paronychia and nails no longer grow
In fact, this is also a kind of bacterial infection, but because her situation is more important, we take it out separately, hoping to attract the attention of parents. Children who nibble on nails for a long time will definitely lead to the occurrence of inflammation of the child's fingernails. In mild cases, paronychia, secondary bacterial infection, and severe nail bed damage, the nail may not grow back, resulting in permanent shortening of the nail. Just thinking about it, we parents don't want this to happen to our children.
Third, affect the health of teeth
If some children are too young to develop the habit of nibbling on nails, their teeth will not develop too well. Some children have uneven bites due to long-term nail nibbling, or the child's teeth are uneven. It seriously affects the aesthetics of the child's jaw structure.
Since there are still so many disadvantages to nail gnawing, why are our children still willing to bite their nails?
The first reason, bad emotions
Because our children are so young, they can't use words to express their mental state and emotions. So it causes the child to relieve the pressure in their hearts by biting their nails. Therefore, when parents find that their children have nail-gnawing behavior, they must first consider whether the child has psychological problems. Or insecurity, rather than coming up and scolding or denying the child's behavior.
The second case, imitation and finger sucking transformation in infancy.
Some clinicians have found that children with a habit of biting nails have been followed up. Children's nails are mostly imitated, and a small part of them are transformed from thumb sucking in infancy. We found the reason for this. While correcting children's wrong behavior, parents must grasp a principle, that is, to prevent any rough way of stopping, and must be patient.
2. Clean and trim nails
For small babies, the burden of taking care of children falls on the mother's body, when we find that the baby's nails are long, we must clean up in time and trim the nails regularly. This is a basic requirement to be able to guarantee the hygiene of children.
If the nails are long, or have barbs, irregularities, or breaks, it will increase the child's urge to nibble on the nails. Therefore, parents should trim their children's nails regularly, which is also a need for hygiene.
Third, positive guidance
As parents, we should directly tell our children that there are many disadvantages to nail gnawing, such as the appearance will become ugly, and we will have stomach pain, and so on. For some younger children, mothers can also tell stories to let children indirectly understand the problems and disadvantages of nail biting.
Fourth, divert attention
If we usually schedule our children's time to be full and do things that interest them, then I believe that a child will shift their attention from nail nibbling to other things.
Fifth, eliminate the factors that cause tension in the baby
For those who nibble on nails due to bad emotions and psychological stress, mothers can solve their children's problems by eliminating these fundamental problems. For example, accompany the child more, give the child enough psychological security, refuse to use fierce behavior to educate the child, but be gentle and elegant and reasonable with the child. This is especially important for children who are more mentally sensitive.
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