PARENTING : Nail-biting and how to break the habit

Your child may bite his nails for any number of reasons – curiosity, boredom, stress relief, habit, or imitation. Nail-biting is the most common of the so-called “nervous habits,” which include thumb-sucking, nose picking, hair twisting or tugging, and teeth grinding. It’s also the one most likely to continue into adulthood.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Jul

HEALTH: Nail biting: Stopping the habit

>Some children and adults, as well, bite their nails; especially when they are nervous, anxious, stressed or bored. It can also be a learned behavior from family members. Nail biting or, , onychophagia is a very bad habit that can not only make your hands look unsightly, but even poses a risk to your overall health and well-being.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Apr

Set yourself free from the nail biting habit

Some children as well as adults bite their nails, especially when they are nervous, anxious, stressed or bored. It can also be a learned behaviour from family members.

 

9 years ago

BBC

23 Oct

Letter from Africa: Tanzania's nail-biting election

Tanzanian politicians clock up the air miles for nail-biting vote

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Feb

Parenting rules you should break

When it comes to parenting, many of us often lament how we wish the job came with a rule book.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

01 Nov

PARENTING : How to break bad news to your child

Parents sometimes think they’re protecting a child by not telling him someone’s sick, but 5- to 8-year-olds will pick up on it if family members are sad or whispering or the usual routines are disrupted.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Nov

PARENTING : Parenting in this big bad world of ours

Many parents feel that the world today is a scarier place than the one they grew up in. While some of the things you worry about are real, others border on paranoia.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jun

Suarez urged to seek help over biting

Uruguay star Luis Suarez returned home to a hero’s welcome on Friday after his World Cup ban for biting, as calls mounted for him to seek professional treatment.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jan

House team gears up to nail farming inputs crooks

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered the office of Controller and Auditor General (CAG) to conduct a forensic audit on the release and expenditure of $574 million (Sh864 billion) meant for agricultural subsidies.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Nov

Tobiko starts new bid to nail suspects of Anglo Leasing

Ten Anglo Leasing scandal files before the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions could be returned to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission for more evidence to tighten the cases.

 

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