How to Stop Nail Biting in Children
The techniques of nail biting cure that are effective of adults may not work for small children. Here are a few helpful suggestions that can encourage children to stop biting nails: • Trim their nails regularly so that they do not get any extra nail to bite upon. • Children who bite nail tend get an instinct to chew something. To control this, give them some sugarless lollipops or any other food that they can munch. Thus they will forget to chew their nails. • You must have noticed that they mostly bite their nails while watching TV. During this time, give them some notebooks or drawing books to scribble upon. When they are busy with such activities they will forget about biting nails. • Talk to them about the health effects of nail biting. Tell them how broken nails can give them pain. This will encourage them to avoid biting nails. • To stop nail biting in children, never give them any kind of punishment. This will frighten them even more and they are likely to indulge into more nail
