PSP 062 : How to Help a Child Who Pulls Hair or Picks Skin: Interview with Aneela & Ellen from Habitaware

Your daughter comes home from school and half her eyebrows are gone. You are giving your son a bath and you notice a patch of hair missing from the back of his head. Your teenager picks at her skin until she creates scabs. This behavior can freak parents out! I know – it freaked me out. When scabs started showing up on my daughter’s forehead I didn’t know what to think. Why does she keep getting scabs in that one area? Then one day I saw her little hand digging deep into her skin. My heart sank. “What?”She said staring at me with big eyes. “I like to pick.” She said simply. She is not alone. Many of us have a child who pulls hair or picks skin. And many of us feel desperate to make them stop. *** This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional. Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com Interested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Click below to join us! http://www.atparentingcommunity.com Sign up for my weekly email newsletter: https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172 Take one of my online classes: To view the entire online school library, go to: http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com Classes include: How to Crush Social Anxiety http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-social-anxiety Parenting Kids with OCD http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/child-ocd Crush Moral OCD in Kids http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/moral-ocd Teaching Kids to Crush Anxiety http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/crush-anxiety   Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviors http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/difficult-behaviors Helping Kids Who are Scared to Sleep http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/scared-to-sleep Handling Sensory-Based Anxiety http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/sensory-anxiety Library of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays) http://anxioustoddlers.teachable.com/p/library Ultimate list of helpful anxiety products: https://www.anxioustoddlers.com/reduce-child-anxiety/ To join my private Facebook group visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/ For a list of my books visit: https://www.amazon.com/Natasha-Daniels/e/B011K5IIWA Join the fun on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/anxioustoddlers78 Other social places I hang out: http://www.facebook.com/anxioustoddlers http://www.pinterest.com/anxioustoddlers http://www.twitter.com/anxioustoddlers http://www.instagram.com/anxioustoddlers *** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy