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[quote=Anonymous]43 and have always been a nail biter. In the 70s/80s, we did not know there was such a thing as OT and all the resources we have for our kids now, so all my parents did was always yell at me for biting my nails. Nowadays I'd take my kid to OT, but luckily, neither of my kids seems to have it. The one thing I will offer, though: for a while, I would see my now 8yo picking and biting at her nails, fingers, cuticles, etc. I recognized that she was trying to "groom" them but "the wrong way" (picking, biting) so I bought her a girls' manicure set and made a big deal of how she could do this herself now. I thought to myself, "We'll see how this goes." (She was about. . .5? 6?) It did take off and that is what she uses now to groom her nails. So, I think, you could POSSIBLY try to redirect the fascination into doing it properly, with a manicure kit. Perhaps. [/quote]
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