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10 year old now pulling out eyelashes!
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<blockquote data-quote="Aimless" data-source="post: 613665" data-attributes="member: 17346"><p>I totally understand your concerns for your bright daughter. Its so odd how the brightest of us can still come up with these odd maladaptation to cope with stress or anxiety. My two years ago my then 11 year old easy child began pulling his hair out around his forehead and I freaked. At first I just wanted the behavior to stop so we shaved his head but then after doing some reading on the topic I realized that it was a very common coping mechanism for 11 year olds. I had a good talk with him and found out that he was getting picked on by a new kid that just transferred into our school and my son's social network was getting disrupted. I talked to several mom's and a few teachers and we nipped the cause of the stress in the bud. I also gave my son some silly putty to play with when he wanted to ring this new kid's neck. : ) Worked like a charm. No more hair picking or pulling. Don't know if that helps but I thought I'd share anyway. Hugs and prayer to you as you work thru this tough time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aimless, post: 613665, member: 17346"] I totally understand your concerns for your bright daughter. Its so odd how the brightest of us can still come up with these odd maladaptation to cope with stress or anxiety. My two years ago my then 11 year old easy child began pulling his hair out around his forehead and I freaked. At first I just wanted the behavior to stop so we shaved his head but then after doing some reading on the topic I realized that it was a very common coping mechanism for 11 year olds. I had a good talk with him and found out that he was getting picked on by a new kid that just transferred into our school and my son's social network was getting disrupted. I talked to several mom's and a few teachers and we nipped the cause of the stress in the bud. I also gave my son some silly putty to play with when he wanted to ring this new kid's neck. : ) Worked like a charm. No more hair picking or pulling. Don't know if that helps but I thought I'd share anyway. Hugs and prayer to you as you work thru this tough time. [/QUOTE]
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