No need to scold children who have a habit of biting your nails because this behavior is usually done unconsciously. Talk gently and help her cope.

Your baby has a habit of biting her nails? Maybe you've tried different ways to stop it. Starting from the gently told, scolded, yelled, to threaten. However, just like adults, stop the habit is not easy. It takes time, persistence, and patience to get the desired changes.

Children often bite his nails for a number of reasons. For example, out of curiosity, to get rid of boredom, relieve stress, or because it's habit. Nail biting is the habit of the most commonly performed in a state of nervousness or anxiety, including thumb sucking, rubbing her nose, her hair, or teeth chattering. Typically, these habits can continue into adulthood.

From the percentage of perpetrators are known, about a third of the children who sit in elementary school and half of the adolescents bite their nails. Between a quarter to a third of the students admitted are still biting his nails.

Nail biting is often a way to release tension which intensely but only temporarily, in childhood. All children generally have a feeling restless.

Learn something new at school or feel ashamed of being at a party or in public playgrounds could be a trigger. If a child biting his nails, especially at times like this, maybe that's just how to cope with stress or to comfort himself. In this case you do not need to worry too much. In all likelihood, your preschooler will eventually stop itself.

But if the hobby of biting her nails last longer than you want or if the habit you can not tolerate anymore, there are some simple ways to help her quit. The first one, you have to question what he experienced anxiety.