Kids eating scabs

OMG No ive never known a child eat their own scabs and ive worked with a lot of children my own daughter eats her bogeys yet her big sister never did makes me want to throw up when she does it though!

I guess I have never seen a child eat their scab before. My son would pick his off and throw his away. Neither of my kids have ever ate their burgers either they will pick them out of their nose but then they throw them away.

Wow, didn't really need to describe the colors of the scabs there. Younger children pick their scabs because they are curious if it will hurt or if it is some sort of bug(that's why i use to do it when i was little). Boy's seem to tend to be the one's picking their scabs the most because they are curious. A grown person picking their scab and eating it is considered creepy.

Because they're nasty 'little' people. lol I don't know why they do it. I don't know why they do the nose thing either. What would get to me is if they started sharing with each other. At this rate I'll make myself sick. Have a good day

Boogers are salty? Have to try that, ... mh, no! Anyhow, boys can be disgusting. My little one will pick things out of the garbage if we don't look. It's not like we don't feed him, he just sees food scraps in there and suddenly thinks he needs to eat it. I can see how boys would eat the scabs too. Just gotta try it... it's too tempting... lol.

I used to eat scabs when i was young.... but now that im older i realize how grose it was. and kids get addicted to it, it becomes a habbit but they will eventually stop once they get older, and its not dirty or dangerous in anyway because scabs are new skin cells, if a kid swallows a scab it will go down and be broken down into the skin cells, then they will help fix the cut

When i was younger i used to eat my scabs... i know its discusting but its a habbit u can pick up at a young age, its not bad for u, if anything its healthy but extreamly gross just wait until they grow up, they will stop

Picking and eating scabs is more common than one might think. It is generally associated with anxiety, and OCD and is referred to as psychological or neurotic excoriation. These types of behaviors can last through one's adulthood and lead to disfiguring and emotionally upsetting outcomes if left untreated. Surprisingly, it more commonly linked to girls than to boys because girls are more likely to experience anxiety and other related disorders. That being said, all children go through periods of experimenting and exploring their environments and bodies (often orally). I would say be mindful of the behavior and go with your gut on whether or not it's just simple objectionable childhood behavior or linked to a more compulsive behavior.