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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 238568" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">My now 19dd svcked on her arm and knuckles a bit till about age 9/10. They said it was related to her tourette syndrome, but many brain disorders do have some cross over symptoms. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Anyway, I pretty much would try and distract her with simple things rather than finding obvious replacements for the svcking. For instance if it was during homework, I might call a snack break. Many times her svcking brought along with it some fidgeting, so if that was the case I might do some jumping jacks with her - just to kind of burn off that energy so she can re-focus. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Other than giving her a 3-5 minute break from whatever she is doing, usually HW it sounds like, ignoring is a good idea. I always found that the more I tried to get my daughter to stop doing something, the more she was drawn to it. And really, what's the big harm in svcking her arm/knuckle? </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I'm sure others will be along soon with their own stories or advice. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 238568, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]My now 19dd svcked on her arm and knuckles a bit till about age 9/10. They said it was related to her tourette syndrome, but many brain disorders do have some cross over symptoms. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Anyway, I pretty much would try and distract her with simple things rather than finding obvious replacements for the svcking. For instance if it was during homework, I might call a snack break. Many times her svcking brought along with it some fidgeting, so if that was the case I might do some jumping jacks with her - just to kind of burn off that energy so she can re-focus. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Other than giving her a 3-5 minute break from whatever she is doing, usually HW it sounds like, ignoring is a good idea. I always found that the more I tried to get my daughter to stop doing something, the more she was drawn to it. And really, what's the big harm in svcking her arm/knuckle? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I'm sure others will be along soon with their own stories or advice. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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