When Words Hurt: Dealing with Facial Tics http://www.neuro-vision.us/wordpress/2008/10/fa... "Sticks and stones may break my bones." Children are intensely affected by cruel words. And when children with facial tics are teased, these words cut like a knife. NLP can quickly program even a young child to become more relaxed. With NLP techniques, children and adults are able to radically reduce and even eliminate facial tics.