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From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: thumb sucking
Message-ID: <244@SCIRTP.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 16:47:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 16:47:18 1985
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> 	I am looking for information on how to stop a 6 year old from
> sucking her thumb. 

I'm no kiddy shrink, and my own child does not suck his thumb
(except when pretending to be a baby) but I have noticed that
there are different types of thumb suckers- those who suck
when nervous or anxious and those who do it absentmindedly
regardless of situation. It sounds as though your child is
the latter type. I would guess that this must be handled
carefully or your child will turn into the other kind of 
thumbsucker. 

How does she deal with peer taunting? Excessive teasing
could cause her to retreat further into thumbsucking as
a comforting escape or it could provide her the impetus
to stop.

My advice is to just grin and bear it. Peer pressure 
will eventually, though harshly, cause her to become
more aware of it and curb it.

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