Nose picking...Mexer no nariz

O E tem quase 4 anos e mexe no nariz e come também e de uma forma geral todos os adultos que o rodeiam estão sempre a criticá-lo ou a dizer "...aghhh..." E faz algum tempo que eu pensava em ler sobre o tema ora aqui vai da revista Parents.com escrito por Sharlene K Johnson

"As a parent, you learn to deal with bodily fluids early on. But nothing really prepares you for the day when your sweetie becomes fixated on boogers. As in “Look at this giant booger, Mommy!” It seems like every time you turn around, her finger is firmly planted in her right nostril. And that’s nothing compared with when you see her pull out a crusty golden nugget and pop it into her mouth. At the grocery store. In front of half the neighborhood. You may have tried repeatedly to get your child to keep her finger out of her nose, but no amount of talking or yelling or bribing seems to make a bit of difference. The problem may be that you’re the only one who thinks
there’s a problem. (Well, you and every other adult in the cereal aisle.) To a child, it’s hard to see why grown-ups get so worked up about things like nose picking or thumb sucking. Little kids don’t really care about appearances, much less the possibility of nosebleeds or dental problems. “Habits like these are generally subconscious behaviors,” says Paul Horowitz, M.D., a pediatrician in Valencia, California. Even when kids do get to the point where they want to give them up, they often don’t know how. Before you call a shrink, get the scoop on your child’s habit and find out what—if anything—you should do about it.

Nose Picking
Disgusting? No question. But nose picking can be oddly gratifying too. Not only does it satisfy a physical urge, it’s a sure way to get attention. Just ask Brandi Brownell, of Birmingham, Alabama, whose 5-year-old daughter, Reese, picked up the habit three years ago when it swept through her preschoolclass like a virus. “I decided not to say anything at first because I didn’t want to encourage it, but then I just couldn’t handle it anymore,” says Brownell.
“Thankfully, Reese gradually stopped on her own.” Before you crack down too hard on your little nose miner, consider this: A whopping 91 percent of adults admitted that they still pick their nose,
according to a survey conducted by the Dean Foundation for health, research, and education, in Middleton, Wisconsin.

HOW BAD IS IT?
Nose picking (and even booger eating) is relatively harmless. Beyond the age of 3 or 4, though, kids who go digging for gold in public can be teased or ostracized by friends. Intense picking can lead to nosebleeds, sores, or, rarely, a hole in the septum, which separates the nostrils.

HOW TO DEAL
Teach your child to use a tissue, and help him find something else to pick at when the urge strikes, such as an old fuzzy blanket. It may also help to use a humidifier in his kids with a stronger fixation usually need professional counseling and sometimes even medication to stop.

HOW TO DEAL
You might try distracting your child or styling her hair so that it’s difficult to twirl, but don’t make an issue of it."
parents.com Sharlene K Johnson article

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