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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your teen still do this? She’s 15. All her pens are chewed and it irks everyone in the house because she will chew the pens that are in the common areas of the house.

this morning, she was chewing on one and it exploded in her mouth. She is about to go out for NYE so obviously having a melt down on how to remove all the ink from her lips and mouth. We said “we told you so that this is a bad habit” and now she is adding me into the mix of not helping her. Not supporting her.

But knowing her, she will continue with this bad habit as this explosion just happened in class too in October.

Am I a bad parent for ignoring it. It’s has been years that we have been enduring chewed pens, chew straws on water bottles. Does it ever go away?[/quote]

I chewed pens well into my adult life- it was for sensory input to help concentrate-- related to undiagnosed ADHD. Chewing pens (I've stopped now), doodling in class/meetings, noise cancelling headphones all help with concentration.[/quote]

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