Long, how time flies
It feels like yesterday, I still remember my childhood days very vividly when one of my dad's friends gave me a name "mikwu-mikwu" which means "sucker" because I used to suck my tongue like candy
Those days one could never see me without my tongue hanging in between my lips. Whenever I sucked my tongue that way I used to feel like i was already in heaven. Hahaha
It really got very serious that I used to lose myself whenever I sucked my sweet tongue. Hahaha
My dad threatened me, my mum grounded me severally and my mates even called me names because of that habit, but the joy I derived from sucking my tongue wouldn't let me feel any of those
They tried every strategy; force, plea, threats, they even denied me some things then as a child just to stop me from sucking, all to no avail
When every strategy was exhausted, my dad got a very wicked inspiration from God knows where
Guess what?
If all the things in the world my dad had to buy pins for me.
Can you imagine? Pins
Who does that?
Does he want to kill me? Hahahahha
Whenever I sticked out my tongue to suck, my dad would appear from nowhere with his pin and pierce my tongue; that pin was like an ak47 rifle to me, a weapon of mass destruction.
For me, the fear of my dad's pin was the end of tongue sucking
It was actually when my dad started using pins on me that everybody realized how deep that habit had sunk into me; I was so helpless that I couldn't control my tongue.
It seemed as if my tongue was the president of my mouth, a military dictator that did whatever, however and whenever; when people realized this, their haye and resentment for that habit of mine suddenly turned into pity.
All thanks to my dad who never have up on me, he was always there with his pin to send my mannerless tongue back into my mouth where it belongs
Though as a child, I thought my dad was being mean and wicked to me for using a pin on me. But when I came of age, I realized he wanted the best for me
The fight against my tongue-sucking habit was eventually won and today, I'm free from that habit; all thanks to my dad and every other person that helped me then
If you notice any abnormally in a child, start correcting them early because if they carry it into adulthood, it might be difficult to stop.
Did you have any such habit as a child?
How were you able to conquer?
Feel free to share worth us so that others struggling with it can also learn
