How to deal with bad habits in children?

July 9, 2011

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Almost every parent is faced with the problem of bad habits in children at any age. They are not insured, even the most healthy children. Vicious habits   equally cling to the bullies, and the gray mouse, and clever.

View biting finger nails or sucking child's parents can bring to a white heat. Child psychologists believe that bad habits   by themselves do not pass and they should definitely fight. Fortunately, bite nails . sucking fingers   or twist the hair on his finger   - It is not a disease. This is only a signal that the child have a concern and a reason to draw the attention of parents to the state of his son.

Anyone familiar pattern when the rosy-cheeked baby lying peacefully in bed and intently sucking her finger. Many of this picture touches, but, in fact - it is far from idyllic. After all, the roots of the future are laid habits at this age. Especially children often suck your finger - "bottle-" devoid of natural breastfeeding.

To get the milk from the mother's breast, the baby is necessary to work, and from the nipples, especially with the wide opening to do it - is not difficult. However, the inherent nature of the need for sucking is so your baby has no choice, how to suck what is available. It is very important artificial feeding   pay attention to the size of the hole in the nipple. The smaller the hole, the more the baby has to work hard to get the contents of the bottle.

If the child was sucking fingers after 2 years, it is necessary to look for the cause of excessive parental austerity, or in any fear   (given early in kindergarten, fear of the dark, etc.). You can not blame and punish the kid hit the hands, fingers smeared with bitter ointments. Try to find the cause of fear and eliminate it. Under the ban should be scary movies or cartoons. Often Praise   small child for success, take his leisure time developing games and physical activity.

It is noticed that in the preschool and early school age suck finger and bite their nails more boys than girls. This is most common in those families in which parents make on a child excessive demands . Psychiatrists believe that in this way the boys throw their emotions, if something does not work: anger, frustration, despair, sadness .

If you want to make these habits do not become companions of your child's life, try not to do permanent remarks better to distract the child with something interesting. Help him to believe in yourself, trust small orders, cheered when the failures, rejoice in his successes. You can buy a child a bike or roller skates, while he will learn to ride, he had no time to be distracted by bad habits. Generally, the more time a child will be occupied with something useful, the less time will remain on bad habits.
It is important that the parents themselves to change the attitude of the child and does not require him impossible. Remember, it is better to be healthy troechnikom than patients an excellent student!