What should you pay attention to when your child bites his nails?

It is a very common phenomenon for children to bite their nails, and many people have had this experience when they were young. However, some young parents often do not care about this behavior of children biting their nails, thinking that there is no problem and that the children will no longer bite their nails when they grow up. In fact, nail biting will have a certain impact on the growth of children and must be corrected in time. So what issues should parents pay attention to when children bite their nails?

When children bite their nails, it sometimes reflects a psychological emotion, such as tension, depression, frustration, inferiority complex, hostility and other emotional states. The root cause may be lack of attention or lack of security. Some children, due to biting their nails, are often criticized and scolded by teachers and parents, which in turn will cause them to feel nervous and anxious, which becomes a secondary mental stimulation.

Psychological therapy and behavioral correction can be used to correct children's nail biting habit. Focus on patient persuasion and encouragement, be patient and guiding, give children more psychological attention and eliminate factors that cause children's tension. Guide children to participate in more recreational activities and make more friends, such as letting them play toys and games with other children to divert their attention. It is necessary to cultivate good hygiene habits in children, such as trimming their nails regularly. For older children, you can explain to them the dangers of biting their nails through reasoning.

It takes a process to correct a child's nail biting habit. The younger the child is, the easier it is to correct. Therefore, when parents find that their children have the habit of nail biting, they should correct it as soon as possible. Parents should have patience and confidence, and must not use corporal punishment, scold loudly, or roughly pull the child's fingers away from the mouth, as this may subconsciously aggravate the child's nail biting habit.

Children are naturally curious and always like to touch things, regardless of whether they are clean or not. They also crawl around on the ground all the time. As a result, their nails contain a lot of bacteria. When children bite their nails, the bacteria enter the human body through the mouth, posing a threat to the children's health. Therefore, it is necessary to correct children's nail biting.