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Maria Barrelia has bitten all her nails

And when she goes to paint them it honestly just fails

All she does is bite bite bite

She does that both day and night

Maria Barrelia has a very bad habit.

But she’s not alone. I wonder if you have any bad habits.

Do you

Pick your nose, bite your nails, snore, click your pen or grind your teeth.

You know who you are. I can see you squirming.

 But don’t worry everybody has at least one bad habit.

No one is perfect.

Even Britney Spears bites her nails and Barack Obama has always struggled to stop his smoking habit.

But haven’t you ever wondered what started your bad habits?

Was it because you were nervous so you had the urge to stick your fingers in your mouth and bite them and you never stopped?

Was it because you were angry so you started grinding your teeth?

Or was it just because you were hungry so you started pick your nose and eating it.

You may never know.

Do you know what your bad habits can lead to?

Just imagine when you’re grown up. You’re sitting in your car picking your nose, rolling it up and sticking it in your mouth. You look over and see a car-load of kids laughing and pointing at you. How embarrassing. 

If you bite your nails you will get small nails and bitten and peeling skin. Who’d want to put a wedding ring on those fingers.

If you grind your Teeth you will have fractured teeth, lost teeth, you could wear them to stumps, which can also affect your jaws and hearing- not so good if you want to be the next One Direction.

Sucking your thumb will give you crooked teeth and you’ll look like you’re 85 when you’re only 22.

So what can you do to avoid this unpleasant future?

If you are a nose picker

1. Figure out what triggers you to pick your nose
2. Clean out your nose every morning and evening
3. Give your fingers something else to do

If you are a teeth grinder stay calm and cool

If you are a nail-biter put something foul tasting on your finger nails.

Another good way to stop any habit is by putting a rubber band around your wrist and pinging it every time you do your habit. Although you may end up with a pretty sore wrist for a while!

So don’t despair there’s still hope for you yet.

After all listen to what happened to Maria Barrelia?

Maria Barrelia forced herself to stop

but did it work 

no it did not

Her friend said put on stop and grow

and of course she gave it a go

It worked so well and didn’t fail

so now she knows not to bite her nails!