1. For children who have developed bad hygiene habits of thumb sucking, the reasons for this bad habit should be clarified. If the feeding method is improper, the wrong feeding method should be corrected first to overcome the bad habit. Feeding habits. It is necessary to cultivate children's regular eating habits, to achieve regular and quantitative meals, and to regulate hunger and fullness.

2. Parents should correct children’s thumb sucking behavior patiently and calmly. Do not use simple and crude education methods for such children. Do not ridicule, intimidate, beat, scold, reprimand, and do not use forced methods of tying your arms or wearing finger gloves. Because doing so is not only ineffective, but will also make children feel painful, depressed, emotionally nervous, and even lead to low self-esteem, loneliness, etc. And as soon as there is an opportunity, the child will want to suck his thumb more, and the bad behavior of thumb sucking will become stubborn.

3. The best way is to understand whether the children's needs are being met. In addition to satisfying children's physiological needs (such as hunger, thirst, cold and heat, sleep), we should enrich children's lives and give them some interesting toys so that they have more opportunities to have fun. Favorable conditions should also be provided to allow children to do more outdoor activities and play with their friends, so that children can live a fulfilling and vibrant life. Distract attention from inherent habits, maintain a happy and lively life mood, and make children feel psychologically satisfied.

4. Develop good hygiene habits from an early age. Do not allow children to suck their fingers for fun. Patiently warn them that sucking their fingers is unhygienic. It will not only cause swelling and pain in the fingers, but also affect the bones of the stool. development and tooth deformation, and it is easy to bring a large amount of dirt into the mouth, causing digestive system diseases and other infectious diseases.

5. Whenever a child sucks his or her finger, you should look at the child sternly and say in a firm tone: No! At the same time, distract the child's attention. When the thumb-sucking behavior decreases, encourage and praise it in time, and explain to the child that as long as this behavior can be reduced and controlled, he will be rewarded and adopt this positive behavior. Intensive treatment can have significant results.