More for Parents More for Children WHY NOT PRINT THIS PAGE AND LET YOUR CHILD COLOR IN THE NUMBERS EMBRACE TEXTURES Your child will probably be very texture-orientated for life. Take them to a fabric store, ask them to feel lots of different fabrics and tell you which they like or don’t like. This will …
Young people with trichotillomania benefit from getting to know other hair pullers, finding that we grow up to live functional lives, and particularly that most of us form happy relationships. Trichotillomania is believed to be a genetic condition, although the probability of a person with trichotillomania having a hair-pulling child is still very small, because …
Become a Patron! Hair pulling in Children Three decades of helping children to stop hair pulling puts us in a unique position to help parents of hair pulling children. Early childhood hair pulling (prior to age 5) may not be the same kind which begins later in life, however both types often occur in the …
Infant Onset Trichotillomania or baby trich (pronounced trick, not tritch): The Nitty Gritty. (We’ll keep this bit nice and short, you need Support, not facts). Infant onset trichotillomania or baby trich manifests in babies pulling their own hair out, beginning prior to the age of two years. Trichotillomania is an impulse control problem sometimes described …
A non-profit offering worldwide BFRB support to anyone who speaks English, we are here for the whole family, for life. Human support from ex pullers and pickers – pulling doesn’t have to be forever. Support for English speakers worldwide. We are here for the whole family, for life. Human support from ex pullers and pickers – pulling …
Options for parents of a child with BFRBs Does your child hair pull or pick at their nails or skin? Do they chew their mouth or lip-pick? You’re no doubt heart-broken at the situation and wish you could do more to help. Guilt is a good thing, because it motivates you to be kind, but …