Beyond thumbsucking, the following lessons can apply to other problematic childhood habits like nail-biting, hair-pulling or twisting, whining, shouting, biting, and hitting. They also apply to ...

What helps kids to cease sucking their fingers or thumbs? The principles that work can also prove useful for grownups who want to overcome mistaken-things-we-put-in-our-mouths, like excessive food, ...

BEAUTIFUL BOY: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. By David Sheff. Houghton Mifflin. 326 pages. $24. This prosperous California family, so seemingly like millions of other families, had a ...