Why does a child bite his fingers?

Many new mothers always find that their children bite their fingers when taking care of them. Many parents think that there is nothing wrong with biting fingers, so they just let their children bite their fingers. In fact, this happens quite often. Now, we will introduce the basic situation about children biting their fingers. Let us all learn about it.

Nail biting is generally an unconscious behavior, a continuation of the oral stage, and a bad habitual practice to relieve tension and distract attention. How to help children get rid of the nail biting habit? ("Family Psychologist") In family life, some children often bite their nails. Parents often scold them or even take punishment measures. However, the result is often counterproductive. Not only do the children show no remorse, but the habit becomes worse and worse, causing headaches and worries to parents.

In fact, as long as we understand the cause of the disease and take comprehensive measures, most children's nail biting habit can be corrected quickly. Children's nail biting habit is mainly related to tension and anxiety, heavy homework, reviewing for exams, watching thrilling movies and TV shows, and being scolded or punished by their parents. Some children often bite their nails when they are concentrating on watching TV, listening to stories, looking for things, doing homework, and thinking about problems. The main manifestations of children's nail biting habit are: children usually bite all ten nails indiscriminately, and the bitten nails often become short and uneven.

Some children will bite other things they carry with them, such as pencils and handkerchiefs, when their attention is attracted by something or when they are nervous. Due to repeated nail biting. It will damage the nails and skin of the fingers, making the free edge of the nails rough, bleeding around the nail edge and nail deformity, and even causing paronychia, periungual warts, small cracks on the edge of the front teeth, and gingivitis.

Nail biting is an embarrassing, annoying, and even spasmodic habit that not only causes discrimination from society, classmates, and family, but also affects the healthy physical and mental development of children. Therefore, children's nail biting is not a minor problem, but should attract the attention of parents, who should take comprehensive measures in a timely manner to correct children's behavioral deviations.

General treatment. Children's nail biting habit is completely correctable. First of all, parents should realize that this is a disease. Simply scolding or punishing the patient will not only be unhelpful in treating the disease, but will be harmful and may even make the condition worse. Secondly, we should actively look for factors that cause tension and anxiety, and promptly improve children’s living environment and cultivate healthy living habits.

In addition, parents should trim their children's nails regularly to prevent nail infection and epidermal damage. Psychotherapy. The main methods used are behavioral restrictions and guidance. The so-called behavioral restriction means that when a young child bites his nails, parents should patiently teach him to slowly move his fingers out of his mouth, hold his arms tightly, and express appreciation with a smile, nod or praising tone. You can also distract your child by doing something meaningful.

The above details some situations about children biting their fingers. We can see that in life, the phenomenon of children biting their fingers still needs to be stopped in time. If you are interested, you can check more information by yourself. I wish you all a happy life!