audioguy58 There are also mittens and gloves sold today that are meant to prevent nail biting, thumb sucking, and cuticle picking.

      Andrew

      Tjc

      it was never necessary for me. my grandma told me as a child that if i chewed my nails and then ate them, a tree full of nails would grow in my stomach. that really scared me as a child and stopped me from doing it any more

            Angelina
            My grandmother also had some rather weird stories about what would happen if I did certain things.
            I never quite figured out if she actually believed those herself (maybe handed down over generations from her parents?) or if she invented that BS.

                curious Or maybe someone used those lines on her when she was a kid and she wound up thinking it was a good idea.

                  curious I never quite figured out if she actually believed those herself (maybe handed down over generations from her parents?) or if she invented that BS.

                  my grandma told me many such stories as a child to teach me how to behave properly 😂

                      I think in the 1950s and before the fear was that thumb sucking would cause you teeth to come in crooked, And there weren't orthodontics to straighten them. so they were trying to save the child from dental problems.

                        If her parents denied her vaccination, that would mean she did not turn 18 before 1998 though, when Wakefield published his bullshit study on autism. Maybe she just ages very slowly.

                          James Have to admit, that IS an EXCELLENT horror story tale.

                          it worked, even if it is certainly no longer an appropriate form of pedagogy today 😂