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Our children never use nail clippers , they all rely on mouth bites!
A survey on nail biting was conducted in Shanghai. It was found that the incidence rate of nail biting among primary school students was 13.41%, that of junior high school students was 9.55%, and that the overall incidence rate of teeth biting was 12.09%!
That is to say, one in 10 children bites his nails frequently!
Why do children bite their nails? These are very realistic reasons. Parents should be aware of them.
Reason 1: Children imitate
A netizen said that he is 40 years old this year and still bites his nails frequently, while his aunt is 60 years old and still bites her nails. Biting nails.
He said that he was brought up by his aunt. In fact, when children were growing up, habitually imitated the people around them , so he imitated his aunt's habit of biting nails.
[Recommendation]
Parents should learn and lead by example to avoid some bad habits being learned by their children.
Reason 2: The sucking needs of infancy are not met
Children start around 4 months old, especially likes to suck their own fingers and toes.
Some parents feel that the fingers and toes are dirty and do not let their children suck them. Gradually, when the children grow up to about one year old, parents cannot watch their children all the time. The unsatisfied sucking needs before will still remain in their children's hearts.
So the child starts sucking his fingers again, and at this time the child's teeth have grown out, so in addition to sucking his fingers, the child will also bite his nails, slowly forming a habit.
[Recommendation]
When children are young, it is a psychological need for children to suck their fingers and toes. Parents should not interrupt.
Reason 3: The child is anxious or helpless
For example, in divorced families, the child will be anxious and feel unpopular. At this time, he likes to bite his nails to divert his attention, or the father and mother's requirements for the child Being relatively strict can easily lead to children biting their nails.
[Recommendation]
Educate children to be moderate and give them a sufficient sense of security.
Reason 4: Children are deficient in zinc
Insufficient zinc will not only affect the child's appetite, but also cause the child to like to eat some strange things . For example, some children will even bite their nails when chewing their nails. .
[Recommendation]
Children should eat a balanced diet to avoid malnutrition.
Biting a child's nails since childhood has adverse effects on his physiology, psychology and appearance!
Children who bite their nails since childhood are prone to 5 undesirable outcomes after they enter high school
Outcome 1: paronychia
Frequent nail biting can lead to nails deformation and repeated infections, leading to inflammation, redness and swelling of the tissue next to the nails. , pain, pus discharge, and even granulation .
However, the child’s hands are not good-looking and are often inflamed and painful, which will also affect the child’s learning.
Outcome 2: Deformation of facial features
Children who often bite their nails will affect the normal development of oral teeth. Children who often bite their nails may cause teeth to be unevenly arranged.
or There are cracks in the front teeth , and the child's teeth are unevenly arranged, which will affect the child's appearance.
Outcome 3: Intestinal problems are prone to occur
Our nails are actually a place where hides dirt and evil practices. If children often bite their nails, it is easy to bring germs into the mouth and body and cause digestive tract problems, such as bacterial Dysentery, or intestinal parasites, such as roundworms, encephalomycosis.
You must know that children are under great pressure to study in high school. Repeated intestinal problems will also affect the child's learning.
Ending 4: Lead poisoning
Children's school supplies and some food packaging bags, colored things often contain lead, and children who bite their nails after being exposed to these things can easily cause lead to be eaten into the body through the digestive tract.
and Excessive lead or lead poisoning will affect the physical development and intelligence of children. You must know that high school students are under great pressure to study. Often chewing their nails and eating lead will lead to a decrease in memory and reaction.
Ending 5: Low learning efficiency
When you encounter difficulties in learning, you bite your nails. After biting and biting, you become addicted and forget about it. When you want to enter the learning state again, you have to start all over again.
And I am already in high school, and I often bite my nails. I will also be teased by my classmates, which will affect my learning efficiency.
Nail biting is so harmful to children that parents must prevent it in time. The method of prevention is to prevent it based on the four reasons above.
If a child bites his nails, it should be corrected in time.
Some netizens suggested using bitter nail polish, and others suggested that give children more hands-on toys . If they are daughters, tell them that biting their nails will make them ugly.
Are there any children around you who bite their nails? It must be corrected in time.
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