A Parent Is Concerned About How to Make His Preschool-Age

question 2

Multiple Choice

A parent is concerned about how to make his preschool-age child stop sucking his thumb and asks the nurse for suggestions. The nurse's most helpful response would be:

• A) Most children will stop thumb-sucking naturally by school age.
• B) Over-the-counter treatments that give a bad taste can be placed on the thumb to discourage the practice.
• C) Consistently touching the child's fingers whenever he sucks his thumb is most effective.
• D) Thumb-sucking is detrimental to the eruption of the child's teeth and must be stopped as soon as possible.

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