明明6岁,长得活泼可爱,就是喜欢不断地吮吸自己的大拇指,尤其在不高兴或者受到批评时更是如此。他的父母曾想过种种办法,包括批评和捆绑双手等,均无济于事。这究竟是怎么回事?该采取什么纠正措施? 人们总以为吮吸手指是个别儿童的坏习惯,其实不然。据90年代全国4～16岁儿童行为问题调查,吮吸手指(指经常用牙齿咬啮手指甲,以及咬衣袖、手帕、红领巾 Obviously 6 years old, lively and lovely, is like to keep sucking his thumb, especially when unhappy or criticized even more so. His parents have thought of ways, including criticism and bundling of their hands, to no avail. What is going on? What corrective measures should be taken? People often think that sucking their fingers is a bad habit for individual children, but it is not. According to the nationwide survey of behavior problems of children aged 4 to 16 in the 1990s, sucking fingers (fingernails that often bite their teeth and biting sleeves, handkerchiefs and scarves