A large number of children bite their nails from time to time and a large number of them continue frequently, so that the nails appear ugly and often sluggish, and there are children do not get rid of this habit with age, and the reasons for biting nails include:
1. To get rid of tension, nervous energy or anxiety.
2. Satisfying aggressive or emotional motives.
3. By tradition, some children start exercising because they have seen others practice it.
- Regardless of the original cause, the habit may remain for a very long time after the original cause of its initiation has disappeared.
Methods of prevention : Keep the child’s nails cut so that they do not have rough edges.
the cure : Reprimanding or reprimanding a child will be a shame to practice the habit of biting the nails. This will increase the habit rather than stopping it. Parents should discuss with the child the disadvantages of the habit, such as ugly fingers and social discontent, the growth of bacteria causing certain diseases.
Effective treatment methods include:
- Keep in the registry: Most children over the age of 8 and some younger children are able to observe and record their fingertips, mark a note card or a record each time they bite their nails or put their finger in their mouths, Repeated behavior often leads to a decrease because it leads to increased awareness of the child.
- If the child is too young or immature to keep a record, the parents must disobey him and make a periodic observation of the child.
Rewards: Once the record shows the number of times a child bites his nails during the day, parents can set a target for improvement (if fewer than five times a day, parents have to give the child a material or moral reward as the child needs).