ok well my friend is 13 and she told me that she still sucks her thumb! and she told me she really needs help and wants to stop cuz she needs braces soon. how can i help her, and she'll be reading this so wut methods could she use to stop?
2007-02-26 14:46:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
she is way to freaking old to be doing that....she must be some sort of weirdo.....tell her to grow up and stop acting like a baby.....
2007-02-26 14:51:20 · answer #1 · answered by blah blah blah 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Although this may seem odd to most, it is not really all that uncommon. Most of the time actions such as: thumb sucking, hair twisting or chewing, etc...are based less on the behavior and more on what causes it.
Most people begin such actions at a very young age as a way to deal with some sort of trauma. Such trauma could be as simple as painful teething or as extreme as violence in the household.
For your friend there may be any number of causes for her thumb sucking addiction. In the event that she quits by sheer force of will, that will not mean that she has defeated the internal causes. It will simply manifest in some other way. Considering all the negative ways that it could manifest, the current issues are no big deal. Also, the braces may cure her of it anyway.
Now, if this happens primarily in her sleep, I suggest what another person has already.....put something on her thumbs that will taste bad and keep her from doing it.
Lastly....
If she wants to quit she will. End of story.
2007-02-26 15:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by The Finder 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow. im not going to make fun of her becuase i know how she feels. ok i didn't stop sucking my thumb till i was like 10. I went to the dentist and she told me that i really should stop or else i would have big gigantic buck teeth and that totally freaking me out. so i stopped other ways are probably to put pepper or some kind of bad tasting thing on that thumb so when you suck it it'll taste bad and yea.
2007-02-26 14:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by abby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sucking a thumb is a nervous and boredom tendency. Tell her to carry a pen with her and when she starts to want to suck her thumb tell her to toy around with the pen instead. Or if she can find something else to carry around that could replace her time.
2007-02-26 15:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by al l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everymorning she needs to dip her fingers in rubbing alhcohol and bring some to school. Be sure she applies it after every hand wash so that it is always thier. The taste of rubbing alcohol is so foul she will definatly not want to suck her thumb.
2007-02-26 15:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by !@#$%^&*()_+ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well first find out what she is feeling when she feels the need to suck it, it might be a nervus thing, i sucked mine till i was 14 and just stop one day.
i hope this helps alittle and good luck
ps tell her to keep sugerfee sucker on hand and if she feels like sucking her thumb stick a sucker in her mouth
2007-02-26 16:47:13 · answer #6 · answered by sckenpo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they make lotions that taste bad she can used something like that or put a big piece of duct tape on her thumb its like biting your nails i did it for 20 + years and i trained myself to stop she can to good luck
2007-02-26 14:50:38 · answer #7 · answered by debrasearch 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
all you need to do is tell her to put some HOT SAUSE on her thumb.I would go for the really hot 5 alarm stuff.
2007-02-26 17:03:53 · answer #8 · answered by speedy >>> 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her to rub her thumb with tabasco sauce. i do this to my 4 year old neice and it stoped her.
good luck
2007-02-26 14:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
curry powder on her finger it stopped me from biting my nails yuck!!!!!
2007-02-26 15:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by taytaymm28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋